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Nothing happens without personal transformation.
W. Edwards Deming
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W. Edwards Deming
Age: 93 †
Born: 1900
Born: October 18
Died: 1993
Died: December 20
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Sioux City
Iowa
William Edwards Deming
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We are here for an education.
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Quality is made in the board room. A worker can deliver lower quality, but she cannot deliver quality better than the system allow.
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...a person and an organization must have goals, take actions to achieve those goals, gather evidence of achievement, study and reflect on the data and from that take actions again. Thus, they are in a continuous feedback spiral toward continuous improvement. This is what 'Kaizan' means.
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The ultimate purpose of collecting the data is to provide a basis for action or a recommendation.
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