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Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations and Targets

Deming Institute

Distorting the numbers, a form of creative accounting aimed at looking good rather than doing well, is rampant in American business. Related: Where There is Fear You Do Not Get Honest Figures – Eliminate Slogans (motivational poster) – Dangers of Forgetting the Proxy Nature of Data – The Defect Black Market.

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