Red Bead Experiment with Dr. W. Edwards Deming

Why it was recommended

It is a fascinating insight into how dysfunctional management systems operate and perpetuate.

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What it covers

Excerpts from W. Edwards Deming's Red Bead Experiment, where workers draw beads from a bowl and are judged on red ones that are largely down to chance. It shows how system. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

The Deming Institute

Length

9 min 1 sec

Year

2014

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