Re: Deming's 14 points

[demingtw <demingtw@ms17.hinet.net>]

FVoehl@aol.com wrote:
> 
> ... I must caution you to be careful to avoid
> the phrase *profound knowledge* with a new and unfamiliar audience or group
> as it is a turn-off every time.
> 

some thinking for Denizens reference.
 
Many western peole laughing when they hear about 'profound knowledge'( I
realized this from hearing one of WWS's CD-ROMs on WED).

In addition to one of famous American dictionary definitions of
'profound'( see one of BDA's booklets), I found one new meaning of
'basic or fundamental' in The Dance of Change from its Latin origin.(I
was a little surprised with this.)

WED's students need to remember his words on SoPK and masterly
communicate to the customers in plain language to let them have a
understanding of the essence of WED's teaching. In a relavant story or
in a drama of red beading or preferred with our own metaphor or other
means.This is very challenging since it is the alpha and omega of SoPK.

Four years ago when I coined the Chinese characters for 'profound'
knowledge, I chose 'with deep meaning and long term considerations/deep
and general knowledge'.We(both Chinese and Japanese) are lucky not to be
embarassed profoundly with our terminology.

WED's legacy 'in a word' demands us to enrich the meaning and
understanding of SoPK. Frank's cautions are good and we need to remember
what is the simple truth WED taught us( maybe 14 points are too
difficult to remember due to limited rationality). SoPK might be the
starting point of a productive learning. We can also share the turn-off
experience in DEN to learning.

During last two weeks in one of our county's Community Universities, we
used SoPK as the framework of thinking for the re-developing processes
of our severe earthquake damages. I found the students learned it
quickly and I hope they can take off in their understanding(students
with age from 25 to 62).

Hanching Chung
http://www.deming.com.tw
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