Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

Quote by W Edwards Deming

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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.

Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and...

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and...

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service,...

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service,...

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

We are here to make another world.

We are here to make another world.

The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing...

The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing...

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service,...

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service,...

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

You can not define being exactly on time.

You can not define being exactly on time.

You should not ask questions without knowledge

You should not ask questions without knowledge

The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.

The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

We are here to make another world.

We are here to make another world.

If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.

If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what...

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what...