About this episode

Alford Wayman discusses how to build calmness and resilience in pottery through the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle.

Calm isn't a personality trait you either have or don't. It's a learned response, and you build it by having a system before the crisis hits. These are actual steps I'm taking right now at Creek Road Pottery to build something more resilient. In this episode, Alford Wayman walks through the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle as a studio practice, not a management seminar concept. PDCA came out of industrial quality control, places where the same failure costs thousands of dollars, wasted time, wasted raw materials, and effort loss.Links: Creek Road Pottery shop: https://www.creekroadpottery.com/shop The Pottery Dailies: https://www.thepotterydailies.substack.com My Pottery Firings: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDZ2D6ZQ My Pottery Journal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDNMNRX7 My Pottery Projects: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD164HJK

People in this episode

Host: Alford Wayman

Topics covered

• calmness
• crisis management
• Plan-Do-Check-Act
• studio practice
• resilience
• pottery

Keywords

• calm
• crisis
• PDCA
• pottery
• resilience
• studio practice
• quality control

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Creek Road Pottery

Products: The Pottery Dailies, My Pottery Firings, My Pottery Journal, My Pottery Projects

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