Out of the Crisis
Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Demingby W. Edwards Deming
Shares rank 9 of 12 management books by recommenders
Readers recommend it for making corporate management goals harder to accept at face value. No critic in the quotes names a specific drawback.
Readers recommend it for making corporate management goals harder to accept at face value. No critic in the quotes names a specific drawback.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Makes management goals harder to accept
“two books that made it almost impossible for me to deal with management "goals" at large corporations anymore”
Comment from 26 Jul 2026 in “The AI Productivity Illusion”
Other management books people recommend
The four most recommended other management books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Unaccountability Machineby Dan Davies | 11 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Turn the Ship Around!by L. David Marquet | 10 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Shape Upby Ryan Singer | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Team Topologiesby Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais | 5 | 3 | 63% | 4 | — | — |
| Out of the Crisisby W. Edwards DemingThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
2 of the 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“two books that made it almost impossible for me to deal with management "goals" at large corporations anymore”
“its recipes can't handle the level of degradation things goto into”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.