In our inaugural "Lens" episode, hosts Tripp Babbitt and Bill Bellows share their vision of these new podcasts, an opportunity for them to engage the Deming community in interpreting the wide-ranging aspects and implications of Dr. Deming's theory of management.

Topics for our first episode, Tripp and Bill explore the following topics:

• Format of the "Lens"
• Favorite Deming quotes
• "All that we have comes from people who are responsible only to themselves"
• "By What Method?"
• Favorite Deming misquotes
• "In God we trust, all others bring data"
• "If you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it"
• Use and misuse of numerical targets
• Low use of Statistical Process Control