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

Quote by W Edwards Deming

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You should not ask questions without knowledge

You should not ask questions without knowledge

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

We are here to make another world.

We are here to make another world.

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,...

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

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

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

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.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

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...

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

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

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

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

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

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,...

When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.

When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.

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...

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

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

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

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.