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Years ago I found a discussion of this on the web that involved a deep dive into optimal strategies for getting white beads, variations in paddle construction,
by buescher 5y ago
Years ago I found a discussion of this on the web that involved a deep dive into optimal strategies for getting white beads, variations in paddle construction, root cause analysis on bead size and weight and hole depth in the paddles, and so on. It was a six sigma nightmare come to life and missed the point so profoundly I wish I could find it again to use as an example of how easily Deming is misunderstood.
Related: "A bad system beats a good person any time" does not mean "having any system, no matter how bad, is better than having even the best people and no apparent system".
- krallja 5y ago“beats” in the sense of “the beatings will continue until morale improves,” right?
- buescher 5y agoIt certainly isn't positive.
- hencq 5y agoOh boy, I'd love to see that too. Unfortunately it's all too common to see this stuff in reality as well. > Related: "A bad system beats a good person any time" does not mean "having any system, no matter how bad, is better than having even the best people and no apparent system". I'm a big fan of sociotechnical systems [0] where the motto is to give people complex jobs in simple organizations. Unfortunately in practice you usually see the tendency to do exactly the opposite. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociotechnical_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociotechnical_system
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoWait a bit and HN will probably provide you a similar discussion.
- kingcharles 5y agoCame here expecting optimal solution to be top comment.