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Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/424 My guest for Episode #424 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Balaji Reddie, the founder of The Deming Forum of India. An engineer by trade, Balaji was exposed to W. Edwards Deming's ideas through his father, then became highly interested in the Deming Philosophy after a chance introduction to the founder of the British Deming Association, Dr. Henry R. Neave, who became Balaji's mentor. As it says in his bio: “Balaji's contributions have been featured in textbooks and coursework on Quality and the Deming Philosophy. He holds a Degree in Electrical Engineering from COEP (the Government College of Engineering in Pune), and a Master of Science in Quality Management from BITS (Birla Institute of Technology &amp; Science).” Topics and questions: Tell us more about your professional background In his factory, had a “quality section” but not department – what's the difference? 1991 was a key year for India – opened up outside investment and foreign products Xerox 5-day Leadership for Quality course Wanted to know where this all began, learned of Deming &amp; Juran What was your first exposure to Dr. Deming and/or his work? His father went to Japan in 1964 “Juran had answers, Deming asked questions” Recommends Managerial Breakthrough from 1964 14 points were for an American audience, the Japanese didn't have them Red Bead Experiment – Deming used in 1940s to teach sampling “Respect for people” – Deming was talking about this a long time back Tutored under Henry Neave – tell us about him — The Deming Dimension book “The guru is the person who shows us the way… asks questions but maybe doesn't give the answers”  The Deming Forum of India – 1999 founding Unique properties or qualities of Indian companies?  I hope you enjoy the conversation. We managed to have a lot of laughs, even though we're talking about serious topics. The podcast is sponsored by Stiles Associates, now in their 30th year of business. They are the go-to Lean recruiting firm serving the manufacturing, private equity, and healthcare industries. Learn more. This podcast is part of the #LeanCommunicators network. 

Show notes: <a href="https://www.leanblog.org/424" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leanblog.org/424</a> My guest for Episode #424 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is <a href="https://deming.org/our-team/balaji-s-reddie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Balaji Reddie</a>, the founder of The Deming Forum of India. An engineer by trade, Balaji was exposed to W. Edwards Deming's ideas through his father, then became highly interested in the Deming Philosophy after a chance introduction to the founder of the British Deming Association, Dr. Henry R. Neave, who became Balaji's mentor. As it says in his bio: “Balaji's contributions have been featured in textbooks and coursework on Quality and the Deming Philosophy. He holds a Degree in Electrical Engineering from COEP (the Government College of Engineering in Pune), and a Master of Science in Quality Management from BITS (Birla Institute of Technology &amp; Science).” Topics and questions: <ul><li>Tell us more about your professional background</li> <li>In his factory, had a “quality section” but not department – what's the difference?</li> <li>1991 was a key year for India – opened up outside investment and foreign products</li> <li>Xerox 5-day Leadership for Quality course</li> <li>Wanted to know where this all began, learned of Deming &amp; Juran</li> <li>What was your first exposure to Dr. Deming and/or his work?</li> <li>His father went to Japan in 1964</li> <li>“Juran had answers, Deming asked questions”</li> <li>Recommends <a href="https://amzn.to/39lb9FV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Managerial Breakthrough</a> from 1964</li> <li>14 points were for an American audience, the Japanese didn't have them</li> <li>Red Bead Experiment – Deming used in 1940s to teach sampling</li> <li>“Respect for people” – Deming was talking about this a long time back</li> <li>Tutored under Henry Neave – tell us about him — <a href="https://amzn.to/3ECvFjx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Deming Dimension</a> book</li> <li>“The guru is the person who shows us the way… asks questions but maybe doesn't give the answers” </li> <li>The Deming Forum of India – 1999 founding</li> <li>Unique properties or qualities of Indian companies?</li> </ul> I hope you enjoy the conversation. We managed to have a lot of laughs, even though we're talking about serious topics. The podcast is sponsored by <a href="https://leanexecs.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stiles Associates</a>, now in their 30th year of business. They are the go-to Lean recruiting firm serving the manufacturing, private equity, and healthcare industries. <a href="https://leanexecs.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more</a>. This podcast is part of <a href="http://leancommunicators.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the #LeanCommunicators network</a>.

Balaji Reddie, Founder of the Deming Forum India

Read more about Dr. Deming's work in his books, Out of the Crisis and/or The New Economics.   In our December 2017 podcast, his 1st session with Tripp, Balaji Reddie, from Pune, India, shares milestones on his personal Deming Journey, commencing shortly after Dr. Deming's passing in 1993.  Highlights include:  Transitioning from a career in manufacturing to textiles to software development to quality management 10 years as an Adjunct Professor in management colleges, with a focus on production, operations, and supply chain management Attending Xerox's Leadership for Quality program Realization that quality is not ISO9000 First reading of Out of the Crisis, finding Deming management is more than statistics Discovering the divisiveness of performance appraisals First "Deming Birthday" lecture Turning point, reading The Deming Dimension, by mentor, Henry Neave Founding the Deming Forum India in January 1999 Deming Day in India, October 14th Deming Prize recipients in India 

Read more about Dr. Deming's work in his books, <a href="https://amzn.to/2I6HwNy" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Out of the Crisis</a> and/or <a href="https://amzn.to/2Gl4cYD" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The New Economics</a>.   In our December 2017 podcast, his 1st session with Tripp, Balaji Reddie, from Pune, India, shares milestones on his personal Deming Journey, commencing shortly after Dr. Deming's passing in 1993. Highlights include: <ul> <li>Transitioning from a career in manufacturing to textiles to software development to quality management</li> <li>10 years as an Adjunct Professor in management colleges, with a focus on production, operations, and supply chain management</li> <li>Attending Xerox's Leadership for Quality program</li> <li>Realization that quality is not ISO9000</li> <li>First reading of Out of the Crisis, finding Deming management is more than statistics</li> <li>Discovering the divisiveness of performance appraisals</li> <li>First "Deming Birthday" lecture</li> <li>Turning point, reading The Deming Dimension, by mentor, Henry Neave</li> <li>Founding the Deming Forum India in January 1999</li> <li>Deming Day in India, October 14th</li> <li>Deming Prize recipients in India</li> </ul>

Balaji Reddie, Founder of the Deming Forum India, “Deming Management - More than Statistics”