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Quality is a Journey to Excellence

Curious Cat

In the section of the talk included here Bill discusses: Bigger Picture (economic conditions and history) Introducing Deming (as a person) Quality Improvement as Driver US companies seem to be like a train. Up at the front there is the engine and that is where the motor is and this is what pulls the train along.

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News Flash: Innovation Is No Longer Just a Specialist’s Job. Now Here’s How to Involve Your Whole Workforce Instead

Strategy Driven

The classic method of segregating innovation to a single department, or to a process led by specialists, just isn’t fast enough any longer. What’s needed is a culture in which innovation is the mission of everyone, everywhere, every day. Most innovation methods don’t actually result in innovative solutions.