About
Priscilla
Petty
I have
had the great privilege of spending my life’s
years interacting with some of the brightest,
most innovative and stimulating people in our
country, both in my work and private life. I
spent twelve years learning from personal
friend and great philosopher Allain Ramsay, who
developed and presented his unique perspective
on life and spirit. I spent five years learning
from quality expert W. Edwards Deming, who
developed his own system of profound knowledge,
a system of producing better business,
educational, and life results. And I’ve spent
thousands of hours interviewing and talking
with business leaders and consultants who act,
each day, on the principles they’ve
internalized and are thus effective leaders. It
has been a joy to live my life getting to know
these intellectual and business leaders who
contribute to our world—leaders who cause me to
think, and often re-think, my positions and
understandings. (Sometimes I do that
re-thinking being dragged, mentally kicking and
screaming, to a new perspective, but I
do
learn.)
From the Deming of America program, 1991
In my
writings and video work I try to apply all that I’ve
learned and bring to others the insights I’ve gained.
My current projects:
● Op-ed pieces which apply Deming principles to current situations in business and politics
● A book about The Procter & Gamble Company, concentrating on the past 30 years, including the present. This will show why P&G has survived and thrived for almost 175 years and how its senior executives have made this happen. I’m now in my 3rd year of work and have conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with P&G’s senior management, including the 5 living CEOs, 70-plus officers, present and retired, and 19 board members. They have been honest and direct. This will be a more personal look at the leaders of a Fortune 500 company over time—and why and how they have succeeded--than is usually done.
● Turnaround of a small business using Deming principles.
Bio Highlights
● Wrote a weekly syndicated newspaper column on people and management for 11 years. The column appeared locally in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Syndicated by Gannett News Service for their 80 or so papers. Interviewed well over a thousand people about business.
● Harvard Business Review article: Interview with then Procter & Gamble CEO John Smale
● Produced the Public Television program on W. Edwards Deming, quality guru, featuring Dr. Deming and CEOs of major corporations. On-camera interviewer. Traveled with Dr. Deming as he consulted with businesses and spoke about change at seven of his 4-day seminars. Owned rights and sold video/DVD, The Deming of America, as a business training video
● Author of What’s in It for You and Your Firm: CEOs and Presidents Look at Community Involvement & Volunteerism, a book about the benefits to business of community service; based on interviews with corporate CEOs and Presidents
● Author of Under a Lucky Star, a book about Cincinnatian Frederick Hauck
● Occasional guest commentator on management for the Public Television program Nightly Business Report
● Media Business Seminar. Brought all the CEOs of Cincinnati’s major businesses together with Media leadership and hosted an all-day and evening discussion of media/business issues
● Co-Founder (with Oliver M. Gale) and president, Cincinnati Oral History Foundation
● Business consultant/writer through company, Petty Consulting Productions
Priscilla Petty graduated from Vanderbilt University and
attended the Linguistics and Russian Institute at Dartmouth College.
My current projects:
● Op-ed pieces which apply Deming principles to current situations in business and politics
● A book about The Procter & Gamble Company, concentrating on the past 30 years, including the present. This will show why P&G has survived and thrived for almost 175 years and how its senior executives have made this happen. I’m now in my 3rd year of work and have conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with P&G’s senior management, including the 5 living CEOs, 70-plus officers, present and retired, and 19 board members. They have been honest and direct. This will be a more personal look at the leaders of a Fortune 500 company over time—and why and how they have succeeded--than is usually done.
● Turnaround of a small business using Deming principles.
Bio Highlights
● Wrote a weekly syndicated newspaper column on people and management for 11 years. The column appeared locally in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Syndicated by Gannett News Service for their 80 or so papers. Interviewed well over a thousand people about business.
● Harvard Business Review article: Interview with then Procter & Gamble CEO John Smale
● Produced the Public Television program on W. Edwards Deming, quality guru, featuring Dr. Deming and CEOs of major corporations. On-camera interviewer. Traveled with Dr. Deming as he consulted with businesses and spoke about change at seven of his 4-day seminars. Owned rights and sold video/DVD, The Deming of America, as a business training video
● Author of What’s in It for You and Your Firm: CEOs and Presidents Look at Community Involvement & Volunteerism, a book about the benefits to business of community service; based on interviews with corporate CEOs and Presidents
● Author of Under a Lucky Star, a book about Cincinnatian Frederick Hauck
● Occasional guest commentator on management for the Public Television program Nightly Business Report
● Media Business Seminar. Brought all the CEOs of Cincinnati’s major businesses together with Media leadership and hosted an all-day and evening discussion of media/business issues
● Co-Founder (with Oliver M. Gale) and president, Cincinnati Oral History Foundation
● Business consultant/writer through company, Petty Consulting Productions
Priscilla Petty graduated from Vanderbilt University and
attended the Linguistics and Russian Institute at Dartmouth College.