Out of the Crisis
W. Edwards Deming
10 people recommended it in 9 threads, 2017–2023.
What people on Hacker News said
The author was one of a handful of people who helped the Japanese apply methods of statistical control to their manufacturing processes, which in turn helped them to become an economic superpower after their country's occupation by the Allies. In the book the author takes a deep look at the problems of management in the United States, and provides a list of reforms that would lead businesses "out of the crisis".
helped me see the best way to manage projects isn’t always about fixing problems, it starts with reducing uncertainty.
If you feel like the middle manager is powerless, these are exactly the types of books to read.
It was eye opening in many ways (crap, nothing new in the world, literally everything I had tried to improve was also a problem 30-50 years earlier), but a very good read.
Out of the Crisis by Edwards Deming is one of those books I think should be read by anyone who is a... human? And active professionally, I suppose.
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