Bobby MoestaInnovator, Entrepreneur, Professor and Advisor

The 4 Mentors - Dr. Edwards Deming #innovation #learningtobuild #bobmoesta

13 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Bobby Moesta. This content was uploaded by Bobby Moesta. This is a YouTube video titled "The 4 Mentors - Dr. Edwards Deming #innovation #learningtobuild #bobmoesta" (created 2023-07-13). The excerpt is a first-person account in which a speaker recounts meeting Dr. Edwards Deming at age 18, asking many questions, being invited to work with him in Japan, and learning about Lean, the Toyota Production System, Six Sigma, and how that mentorship shaped their approach to process improvement.

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I was very, very blessed that at 18 years old I met a gentleman by the name of Dr. Deming. He's the father of Lean. He went to Japan in 1948 to help rebuild the infrastructure, and he ended up creating the Toyota Production System. And he is the father of Lean, Six Sigma, all that kind of stuff. Turns out I asked him 52 questions in 22 minutes, and he just looked at me and said, God, are you a curious kid or what? How'd you like to work for me? I had no— I was in college, I had no idea what I was gonna do for the summer. I said, sure. He said, let's go to Japan. I'm like, holy crap. So that's how I started to learn how to do a lot of these things.