This page is dedicated to insights contributed by Network members either through articles or presentations. We have also included related resources (websites and videos) that we believe will be of interest to our members.

Articles (posted in chronological order):

Basketball DVD - Facilitator Guide
Prepared by Bill Bellows, Tim Higgins, and Mark Horn, March 2008
This guide was prepared to assist in presenting Daniel Simons' visual cognition video featuring students passing a basketball betwen them and the introduction of a new player on the court, a gorilla. Individuals may view the video at this link. Organizational use requires purchasing the DVD from Daniel Simons using this link. Find more on the phenomoenon of inattentional-blindness, as reviewed by
Charles Carver and Rita Carter.

Major Obstacles to Creative Thinking 3.0
Prepared by Michael Iva, September 2007

Discover St. Oswald's Way
Prepared by Alan Winlow, September 2007

Lean Dilemma
Prepared by Tom Johnson, August 2007

Personal Renewal at OSR
Prepared by Steve Byers, July 2007

The Way In
Prepared by Tracy Huston, January 2007

Headlines on the UK Health Care System
Prepared by Ketan Varia, September 2006

Thinking Strategically
Prepared by Tony Hodgson, September 2006

Letters to Leaders
Prepared by David Train, August 2006

Thoughts on "Synthetic (Integrative) Program Management"
Prepared by John Pourdehnad, August 2006

Ongoing Discussion Preview Material
Prepared by Anna Maravelas, August 2006

Revisiting Deming's Management Theories in the 21st Century
Prepared by Bill Bellows, February 2002

Notes on the Red Pen Company - Blue Pen Company Starter Exercise
Prepared by Bill Bellows, August 2000
Link here to read about Frank Pipp's discovery of Toyota's snap-fit pickup truck in the late 1960's, while employed in final assembly plant of the Ford Motor Company. This link will bring you to a book (A Legacy of Learning) by David Kearns, the former CEO of Xerox, who heard the story first-hand from Frank Pipp. Go to page 74 to find Pipp's account. The concept of "snap-fit" is integral to the Red Pen Company - Blue Pen Company vision model described in the link above.
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Presentations (posted in chronological order):

Enterprise Thinking & InThinking - Better Thinking for a Better Future
Presented by Bill Bellows at the annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Logistics Symposium, Richmond, Virginia, May 2008

Remarks by Tom Johnson upon receiving the 2007 Deming Medal from the American Society for Quality at the 2007 World Quality Congress, Houston, Texas, May 5, 2008. Link here to an article about Tom receiving this honor. The full text of Tom's remarks can be downloaded. A 200MB QuickTime video of his remarks, taken on a hand-held camera (please forgive the unsteadiness) is also available. As needed, install the QuickTime player using this link.

Computer System Validation - presentation and synopsis
Presented by Frans Leijse at the annual Deming Research Conference, Fordham University, New York, New York, February 2008

Deming on Peace
Presented by Karl Haushalter at the annual Deming Research Conference, Fordham University, New York, New York, February 2008

The Power of Vision - Creating a Difference From Where You Are
Presented by Bill Bellows at a luncheon meeting of the Capital Quality Initiative in Lansing, Michigan, November 2007

The New Economics of Variation
Presented by Bill Bellows at the annual W. Edwards Deming Annual Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, October 2007

Idealized Design - An "Open Innovation" Process
Presented by John Pourdehnad at the annual W. Edwards Deming Annual Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, October 2007

Red or White: Decisions on Selecting Wine and Improving Quality
Presented by Bill Bellows to the San Fernando Valley APICS chapter, Los Angeles, California, October 2007

Red or White: Decisions on Selecting Wine and Improving Quality
Presented by Bill Bellows to the Orange County chapter of ASQ, Tustin, California, July 2007

InThinking About Quality - Better Thinking For the 21st Century
Presented by Bill Bellows to the Orange County chapter of ASQ in Irvine, California, October 2006

Red or White: Decisions on Selecting Wine and Improving Quality
Presented by Bill Bellows to the student chapter of ASQ at California State University at Northridge, Northridge, California, September 2006

The Power of Vision: Creating a Difference from Where You Are
Presented by Bill Bellows and Marcel Flores to the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, LEAD Southern California, Los Angeles, California, September 2006

Seeing New Opportunities
Presented by Bill Bellows at a Philips Electronics Conference (Understanding the Cost of Non-Quality in a High Tech Enterprise) in Southampton, England, June 2006

Enterprise Thinking Overview
Presented by Bill Bellows at the University of Hull, Hull, England, May 2006

To Infinity (and Zero) and Beyond
Presented by Bill Bellows at the Lean Six Sigma Summit, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2005
Dvf audio file (18MB) of this presentation - open this file on a pc using Sony freeware at this link

Blue Pen Companies and Enterprise Thinking
Presented by Bill Bellows at the Goodwill Industries Annual Delegates Assembly, Appleton, Wisconsin, June 2005

The Power of Vision: Leading Transformation from Where You Are
Presented by Bill Bellows at the Systems Thinking in Action - Olympia Chapter Meeting, Olympia, Washington, May 2005

Thinking Together About Other Stuff: How Better Thinking is Leading to Better Doing
Presented by Bill Bellows, Tim Higgins, and Joe Onstott at the annual Ohio Quality and Productivity Forum, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 2000

Concurrent Engineering: Working Together...What, Why, How, and Beyond
Presented by Bill Bellows at California Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, February 1999. Website of presentation created by Vicki Smith Breeding.

Bringing Quality to Life
Presented by Tom Johnson at the annual W. Edwards Deming Annual Conference, Washington, DC, October 1997
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Resources

Websites

Ackoff Collaboratory - http://ackoffcenter.blogs.com/

Edwards de Bono - www.debono.com

W. Edwards Deming Institute - www.deming.org

Deming Cooperative - www.deming.edu

Pegasus Communications - www.pegasuscom.com

Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) - www.solonline.org

Videos

Presentation by Peter Senge at the 1999 "Teaching for Intelligence" Conference, April 1999. Order from Skylight at www.skylightedu.com,
phone: 800-348-4474, item #1792, ISBN: 1575171724, price: $99

Edward de Bono Awareness Video
Order from www.edwdebono.com/debono/awvdb2.htm, price: £39