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The greatest waste … is failure to use the abilities of people…to learn about their frustrations and about the contributions that they are eager to make.
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
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We know what we told him, but we don't know what he heard.
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