Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Quote by W Edwards Deming

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

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

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

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 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...

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

Lack of knowledge... that is the problem

We are here to make another world.

We are here to make another world.

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

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

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,...

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

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...

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

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 necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

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

You can not define being exactly on time.

You can not define being exactly on time.

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.

You should not ask questions without knowledge

You should not ask questions without knowledge

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.