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My guest for Episode #501 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Marcia Daszko, a speaker, workshop facilitator, and consultant.
For more than 25 years, she has passionately been speaking, consulting, and guiding executive teams in Fortune 500/private corporations; education, the U.S. Navy; and non-profits to achieve exponential success. 
Mentored by Dr. W. Edwards Deming, she is nominated for the International Deming Prize; and writes a leadership column for the Silicon Valley Business Journal. She has taught MBA classes at six universities.
Marcia's author of the book Pivot Disrupt Transform: How Leaders Beat the Odds and Survive. She was also co-author of Turning Ideas into Impact: Insights from 16 Silicon Valley Consultants.
Questions, Notes, and Highlights:
How did you get connected to W. Edwards Deming?
What was it like spending time with Dr. Deming? 
Not just statistics? Challenging ideas like performance appraisals
“Change management is another management fad”
Tell us more about the consulting work that you've done and do?
“Identify your problems accurately to problem-solve”??
Helping leaders with “Accelerate efficient, effective data-driven decision-making”??
Accountability and responsibility — big difference
Am I blaming executives unfairly???
3 Fundamental Business Strategies?
“Hope is not a business strategy”
Continual vs. Continuous?

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