Mike Tveite, Statistician

In our November 2018 interview podcast, his 1st session with Tripp, Mike Tveite reflects on his interactions with Dr. Deming, beginning with attending a Four-Day Seminar in 1986.  Mike went on to help Dr. Deming with 25 of his Four-Day Seminars, and to follow him around while he consulted with a division of General Motors.  

Highlights include:

• Mike's career, beginning as a Professor of Statistics
• First "World Shake" upon meeting Dr. Deming
• Dr. Deming in the MIT lecture series
• Learning statistics from Dr. Deming
• "Pond" statistics and "Stream" statistics
• Enumerative (pond) and Analytic (stream) Studies
• On what are you taking action?
• Mike's 2012 Deming Institute Conference presentation
• 14 Points for Management
• Management in a "pond" vs a "stream"
• The System of Profound Knowledge as a lens
• Production Viewed as a System
• The interdependent components of a system
• A single aim for the whole system
• Forces at work which undermine the aim of an organization
• Maximizing shareholder value
• Optimizing the system over the long term
• Data is like garbage, the need to know how to use it before collecting it