It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone. . . . The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment. -W. Edwards Deming

 

It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone. . . . The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment.


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It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best. -W. Edwards Deming
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We are here to make another world.

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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.

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What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis. -W. Edwards Deming
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Does experience help? NO! Not if we are doing the wrong things.

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