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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Life-threatening experiences (loss of business or market share, economic recession) signal the urgency for the team to collaborate. Thinking that quality needs apply to some other department, company or industry, not your own. All ideas are worthy of consideration.

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You Can’t Do Strategy Without Input from Sales

Harvard Business Review

But the disconnect between sales and strategy (in this case, a lack of strategy to deal with a technology that is redefining the market and customer behavior) is the hidden subtext of the book. In academia, there is remarkably little written about how to link strategy with the nitty-gritty of field execution. this comeback.”

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Treat Everything as a Case Study

Harvard Business Review

Then we got talking about the odometer on my Nissan Pathfinder: Is a car that can go 300,000 miles a case of over-engineering or TQM excellence? Is a supermarket's "Buy one get one free" promotion a loss-leading marketing exercise or a tactic for achieving necessary volume? It was a debate worth at least 40 miles.