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In Their Own Words

Hosted by The Deming Institute · business · EN

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Interviews with members of The Deming Institute community, including industry leaders, practitioners, educators, Deming family members and others who share their stories of transformation and success through the innovative management and quality theories of Dr. W. Edwards Deming.

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What is In Their Own Words about?

Interviews with members of The Deming Institute community, including industry leaders, practitioners, educators, Deming family members and others who share their stories of transformation and success through the innovative management and quality theories of Dr. W. Edwards Deming.

Who hosts In Their Own Words?

In Their Own Words is hosted by The Deming Institute. The show has published 213 episodes to date.

What has In Their Own Words covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Don't Just Do Something" (12 October 2026, 25 minutes), "A New Lens with Balaji Reddie (Part 9)" (5 October 2026, 55 minutes), and "John Willis: Why AI's Biggest Problem Isn't Technology" (28 September 2026, 66 minutes).

How often does In Their Own Words publish?

In Their Own Words publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 213 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on In Their Own Words?

Booking probability for In Their Own Words is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. In Their Own Words requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. In Their Own Words's contact route on record: verified email.

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The strongest fits for In Their Own Words are Business & Management Consulting. In Their Own Words has a business audience.

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The Deming Institute hosts In Their Own Words, a business podcast with 213 episodes published.

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  • In Their Own Words

    Don't Just Do Something

    Oct 12, 202625 min

    What do you fix first when everything seems to need attention? Caroline faced that question while helping former students navigate life beyond United Schools. She wanted to jump in and start fixing everything, but she...

  • Oct 5, 202655 min

    What if the way you measure performance is actually making your organization worse? Balaji Reddie and Andrew Stotz dig into Points 7 through 9 of Deming's 14 Points: leadership as a Socratic act of asking rather than...

  • Sep 28, 20261h 6m

    What if your AI strategy is creating more risk than progress? John Willis joins Andrew Stotz to trace how Deming's System of Profound Knowledge shaped the way he thinks about organizations, learning, and change. From...

  • Sep 22, 202646 min

    What if your cheapest supplier is secretly your riskiest? Balaji Reddie unpacks Deming's Points 4, 5, and 6 with Andrew Stotz by exploring Deming's thinking on suppliers, continual improvement, and training. Why do...

  • Sep 7, 202629 min

    If you've led an organization or a team for more than a few years, you've probably watched the same problems resurface again and again. Different initiatives. Different people. Same underlying issues. In this episode...

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  • Aug 31, 202643 min

    What did Dr. Deming really mean when he said to "cease dependence on mass inspection"? In this episode, Balaji Reddie and host Andrew Stotz unpack why one Ford manager's decision to fire his inspection team missed the...

  • Jul 27, 202643 min

    What happens when an organization gets so focused on results that it forgets why it exists? Andrew Stotz and Balaji Reddie dig into the first of Deming's 14 Points, constancy of purpose, using stories like Harvard's...

  • Jul 20, 202646 min

    "Every time this child was proven wrong, he learned something new." In this episode, Andrew Stotz continues his conversation with Balaji Reddie as they explore two essential elements of Dr. Deming's System of Profound...

  • In Their Own Words

    Go Small or Go Home

    Jul 13, 202623 min

    What if the best leaders are not the ones with the biggest ideas? In this episode, John Dues argues that the leaders who make the greatest impact are the ones who create the fastest learning cycles. John and Andrew...

  • Jun 29, 202641 min

    What if better management starts with seeing connections that were there all along? In this conversation, Balaji Reddie and Andrew Stotz unpack one of the most powerful and overlooked ideas in management: that...

  • Jun 22, 202654 min

    "I'm not here to teach you anything new. I'm here to make you see things that you normally would not see." — Dr. W. Edwards Deming In this episode, Deming educator Balaji Reddie reveals the practices that are hiding in...

  • Jun 15, 202656 min

    What does great leadership actually look like? Can you make a difference even if you're in the middle of the hierarchy? "If you think you're too small, you've not spent the night under a bedsheet with a mosquito." In...

  • Jun 8, 202623 min

    Why do more pressure, more meetings, and more accountability so often produce the same outcomes? John Dues and Andrew Stotz explore Deming's overlooked insight that results are created by systems — not effort alone...

  • May 25, 202640 min

    What if the problem isn't your strategy, your people, or your tools, but the lens you're looking through? In this first conversation with Andrew Stotz, quality educator Balaji Reddie explains why so many organizations...

  • Apr 28, 202654 min

    What if your sales problem isn't your people — but the system they're stuck in? Mike Carr spent years doing what everyone told him to do: commissions, quotas, performance plans. Every new hire came with the quiet...

  • Mar 9, 20261h 8m

    How do you run an offsite that actually changes performance — not just conversations? In this episode, Travis Timmons and Kelly Allan share with Andrew Stotz what happened during the Fitness Matters off-site. They...

  • In Their Own Words

    The Courage to Not React

    Mar 2, 202625 min

    What do you do when a new data point drops—and all eyes turn to you? In this episode, John Dues and Andrew Stotz explore the leadership discipline required when performance data changes. Instead of reacting to a single...

  • Feb 2, 202633 min

    How do you design a team off-site that actually improves your organization? In this episode, Travis Timmons breaks down the mechanics of a Deming-styled off-site team meeting—from starting months early and setting a...

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