According to Dr. W. Edwards Deming, most improvement struggles in organizations are connected to the system not the worker. He says 94% are system related. This leaves only 6% as worker related. We must do more work on our systems. And stop blaming individuals in classrooms.

You cannot get educated by this self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything. You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking, and by experimenting. 🧠

As #Deming observed, win/lose competition is taught to us from a very early age, and is a contributing "force of destruction" in our lives. x.com/clairlemon/sta…

“If you want things to change; change something” Check out how Leander School District made a "subtle but powerful" change in their teachers and students! - mailchi.mp/langfordlearni…

Involving all stakeholders in improvement can yield phenomenal results! ed.gr/cu3an . . #langfordlearning #seminars #learning #education #davidplangford #qualitylearning #training #leadershiptraining #onlinetraining #IntrinsicMotivation #pdsa #teachingonline

Curious how we default to seeing an immune /system/ as pertaining only to /individuals/ and not groups and populations. It’s counterintuitive to see it as a meta-system of systems… #systemsthinking

+100 Per Ackoff: A system is not the sum of its parts, but the /product/ of their interactions. Doing everything remotely alters a team’s interactions: Some are good, some aren’t. Leadership in this sphere requires managing the interactions (not action) to improve the whole.

Are your retros feeling a little ... meh? Scaled Agile scrum master Madi Fisher has five tips and tricks you can use to spice up your next iteration retrospective. Collect them all on today's blog. bddy.me/3k2oM2z

YOU CANT NAME A BETTER VENUE

I have returned from College Station with a message for the CFB Public® Thanks for having us Texas A&M Football 🤝

Kyle Field is the best venue in sport’s. Hands down.

SAFe for Teams 5.1.1 日本語版が遂にリリースされました！ Leading SAFeに続き二つ目の日本語版です。 他のトレーニングも順次日本語化を進めていきますので、 乞うご期待！ bddy.me/3cE55d7

“#Agile isn't about software anymore. It's about #agility for the entire enterprise.” As companies move toward “a new work ecosystem," a framework like #SAFe can make complex change initiatives easier — and more successful. bddy.me/3Jb8ak7

#SAFe helped University of South Florida adapt quickly to the pandemic and earn the Gartner 2021 Eye on Innovation Award for Higher Education. VP/CIO Sidney Fernandes said SAFe enabled teams to work together “at great speed” and “without breaking a sweat.” bddy.me/3HAhLyX

Watch the hilarious Dr. Tatiana give an amazing demo about what inertia is using potato physics!! #TAMU

New documentary: "It should frighten American citizens to know who was actually in charge ... she was proven wrong and incompetent on every level, period."

Project 2025 fines you $20,000 if you’re not unburdened by what has been.

Project 2025 gives you life in prison if you prefer your steak well done.

#TheUnityMovement contains many factions--including #MAGA. Here are some others: 1) The AntiWar movement 2) #MAHA 3) Silicon Valley renegades opposed to ESG madness 4) Politically homeless liberals 5) Real environmentalists 6) Libertarians 7) Bitcoiners 8) The medical