Digestible Deming Coaching Corner #1
Got Questions About Leading with a Deming View? Let's Talk...
THE AIM for this post is to let you know about a new feature I’m adding to the newsletter for subscribers who want to discuss and share thoughts about the topics we cover here, along with providing a forum to answer questions about getting started with Deming, or how to approach solving some common problems you might encounter along the way.
My thought is that this will be an experiment to test the timing, format, and facilitation tools to see if it is viable to continue into future iterations. I’m thinking of running these sessions twice a month if there’s interest, and could try different times to accommodate east and west coast folks.
This first run will be FREE to all subscribers since we’ll be learning and testing things, but will later move to a paid-tier subscriber benefit if successful.
When?
This coming Friday, July 11, 2025 @ 1200h-1300h EST.
Where?
Online via Zoom.
Agenda?
If there are more than four participants, we’ll manage our agenda and time using a Lean Coffee method on a virtual whiteboard (Miro). It looks like this:
First we write down topics we want to discuss on virtual sticky notes - one per topic. (3-4 mins)
Next, we dot-vote on the topics to prioritize them. Each participant gets three dots that they can apply to one or more stickies.
We then build our agenda by ordering the topics from most dot-votes to fewest.
We timebox discussing each topic in turn by setting a timer (usually 5–8 minutes). Once time’s up, we do a quick thumbs vote:
👍 = continue
👎 = move on
✋ = unsure
Majority rules. We either extend the conversation for another five minutes or move to the next topic.
Repeat until we run-out of topics or time.
Over the course of the discussion, participants may have epiphanies or a-ha! moments that they can capture on stickies and add to the Miro board for their own purposes or to inspire others.
I’ll share the link to the Miro board via chat when we meet, and it will persist after we’re done so it can be revisited. In the future, this will be password protected for paid-tier members.
Are You In?
Does this sound like something you’d like to try out? Start thinking about the questions or topics you’d like to explore and bring them to the Lean Coffee this Friday, and let’s see how we can help each other learn to lead with a Deming view. I’ll be available for the hour, so feel free to drop in anytime for this first session.
