Comments on: Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge

By: Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK) | Three Sigma Systems

Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK) | Three Sigma Systems — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:17:08 +0000

[...] W. E. Deming , the following discussion of what he resorted in his later years to calling, a “system of profound knowledge” should be [...]

By: The Ear and the Mind | Three Sigma Systems

The Ear and the Mind | Three Sigma Systems — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:00:27 +0000

[...] we have a theory of knowledge (SoPK) we will understand that the mind is created in active practice. When we put ourselves to task in [...]

By: Hidden Morality | Three Sigma Systems

Hidden Morality | Three Sigma Systems — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:46:58 +0000

[...] has an AIM”. This is the crux of the “Understanding of a System” component of his System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK). The aim of a system is not in the system itself but in the minds of the people who define [...]

By: Deming’s Pop Psychology | Three Sigma Systems

Deming’s Pop Psychology | Three Sigma Systems — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:11:56 +0000

[...] In his later years Deming tried to explain the full scope of his work with his model for a “System of Profound Knowledge” (SoPK). He explained that such a system must embrace a theory of knowledge, appreciation of [...]

By: Business 101 for the New Economic Age: The Efficiency Myth | Three Sigma Systems

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:56:00 +0000

[...] industry, education, and government follow naturally as the application of this outside knowledge (SoPK), for transformation from the present style of Western management to one of [...]

By: Letting Go | Three Sigma Systems

Letting Go | Three Sigma Systems — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:12:12 +0000

[...] is that the faculty of knowing, which is so crucial to our survival, cannot become profound (e.g. SoPK) when knowing is divorced from the awareness that can only be realized by “letting go”. And [...]

By: Liars, Blowhards, Con Artists, and Management Consultants | Three Sigma Systems

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:13:50 +0000

[...] (e.g. business) are the libral arts, social sciences, and philosophy. Deming referred to this as SoPK. The bottom line cannot be measured in dollars alone. It can only be measured in terms of that [...]

By: Where Systems Come From | Three Sigma Systems

Where Systems Come From | Three Sigma Systems — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:58:41 +0000

[...] all systems, our theory of knowledge is also self-created. That theory of knowledge becomes “Profound Knowledge” when it takes into account the notion that it too, is self-created in precisely the manner [...]

By: Profound Elephants | Three Sigma Systems

Profound Elephants | Three Sigma Systems — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:58:11 +0000

[...] cannot understand any one element of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK) without understanding the others. Each is a theoretical perspective—a point of [...]

By: Balaji S. Reddie

Balaji S. Reddie — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:55:39 +0000

Marc ,
An amazing post . You hit the nail on the head . Absolutely my thoughts and feelings about Dr. Deming. I am now requesting your permission to quote from your post. I happen to be the founder of what is known as THE DEMING FORUM (INDIA). Please visit our site at http://www.demingindia.org/.

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