IHI Quality Improvement Games: The Red Bead Experiment Debrief

© 2021 Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Don Berwick, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, IHI
W. Edwards Deming, one of the founders of modern quality improvement, invented the famous Red Bead Experiment to illustrate how typical managers try - and fail - to improve quality.
In this video, Dr. Don Berwick sits down with IHI Improvement Advisor Rebecca Steinfield to discuss what learning we can take away from the Red Bead Experiment about management styles and organizational performance. To watch the Red Bead Experiment, click here: • IHI Quality Improvemen...

[@CynthiaReber]

I love these videos. This is my favorite depiction of the Red Bead Game exercise with students and I share these videos in my own class with nursing students. I think it really resonates for nurses working in middle management. These videos are a great lead-in to discussion. Thank you!

[@goldseraph79]

Excellent explanation by Dr. Berwick.