[adolph]

> Where Deming reads like a science paper, Drucker reads like an installation guide.

If you are looking for "do this" then Deming is not your person. If you seek understanding that drives transformation (knowing what to do in your context based on a broadly applicable value system), then Deming's system can deliver.

Lessons from the Red Bead Experiment include the fallacy of rating people and ranking them in order of performance for next year (based on previous performance), as well as attributing the performance of the system to the performance of the “willing workers” in this simulation of an organization governed by what Dr. Deming referred to as the “prevailing system of management.”

https://deming.org/explore/red-bead-experiment/