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I am not reporting things about people. I am reporting things about practices.
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
W.E. Deming
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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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The transformation will come from leadership.
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People need to know how their job contributes.
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The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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The system that people work in and the interaction with people may account for 90 or 95 percent of performance.
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Adopt a new philosophy of cooperation (win-win) in which everybody wins.
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A man who knows not his limitations is of no use to anyone.
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What makes a scientist great is the care that he takes in telling you what is wrong with his results, so that you will not misuse them.
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If someone can make a contribution to the company he feels important.
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Hard work and best efforts will not by themselves dig us out of the pit.
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