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Podcast: In Their Own Words
Episode: Bill Cooper, retired Senior Executive, North Island Naval Air Station and retired Deming consultant, "What can a leader learn from Deming?"
Description: In our July 2017 podcast, his first session with Tripp, Bill Cooper shares stories on his 11-year relationship with Dr. Deming, starting with being one of 22 attendees in a 1982 Four Day seminar with Dr. Deming. At the time, Bill was serving as the Senior Executive at the North Island Naval Air Station, with Phil Monroe serving as the senior naval officer. A few years later, Phil, as Commanding Officer of North Island, approved funding for Bill to attend an intensive, year-long, "quality management for executives" seminar, led by Myron Tribus and held at MIT. Guest lectures were provided by Kosaku Yos...