Six Sigma and Agile are indeed at pretty opposite sides of the spectrum. Deming -- W. Edwards Deming, that is -- is somewhere in the middle, around the right b

Six Sigma and Agile are indeed at pretty opposite sides of the spectrum. Deming -- W. Edwards Deming, that is -- is somewhere in the middle, around the right balance. He advocated for spreading a philosophy of systems thinking, scientific method, and statistical understanding, while simultaneously empowering employees by recognizing the power and responsibility of management and leadership, and understanding the motivation from a scientifically accurate psychological viewpoint. It's a correct framework, and it's all aimed at driving quality by improving the things that directly impact it at a base level: fundamentally, how people work together, how they build systems that work, and how they're motivated (and demotivated) in reality.