Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
W. Edwards Deming
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
W. Edwards Deming
Age: 93 †
Born: 1900
Born: October 18
Died: 1993
Died: December 20
Composer
Economist
Engineer
Industrial Engineer
Statistician
University Teacher
Sioux City
Iowa
William Edwards Deming
W.E. Deming
W. E. Deming
Change
Kaizen
Mandatory
Adapting
Aging
Meaningful
Survival
Necessary
Quality
More quotes by W. Edwards Deming
When a worker has reached a stable state, further training will not help him.
W. Edwards Deming
Does experience help? NO! Not if we are doing the wrong things.
W. Edwards Deming
Experience by itself teaches nothing... Without theory, experience has no meaning. Without theory, one has no questions to ask. Hence, without theory, there is no learning.
W. Edwards Deming
A goal without a method is nonsense.
W. Edwards Deming
The job can't be finished only improved to please the customer.
W. Edwards Deming
If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
W. Edwards Deming
When asked what single event was most helpful in developing the Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein replied, Figuring out how to think about the problem.
W. Edwards Deming
Transformation is not automatic. It must be learned it must be led.
W. Edwards Deming
Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest.
W. Edwards Deming
Sub-optimization is when everyone is for himself. Optimization is when everyone is working to help the company.
W. Edwards Deming
One cannot be successful on visible figures alone ... the most important figures that one needs for management are unknown or unknowable, but successful management must nevertheless take account of them.
W. Edwards Deming
Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
W. Edwards Deming
Understanding variation is the key to success in quality and business.
W. Edwards Deming
Anyone that enjoys his work is a pleasure to work with.
W. Edwards Deming
We have to bring back the individual. Management has smothered the individual.
W. Edwards Deming
A leader must have knowledge. A leader must be able to teach.
W. Edwards Deming
Each system is perfectly designed to give you exactly what you are getting today.
W. Edwards Deming
A rule should suit the purpose.
W. Edwards Deming
It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone. . . . The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment.
W. Edwards Deming
Quality is pride of workmanship.
W. Edwards Deming
