Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGCustomers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
More W. Edwards Deming Quotes
-
-
It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
You should not ask questions without knowledge.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he’s put in charge anyway.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
I am forever learning and changing.
W. EDWARDS DEMING -
I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
W. EDWARDS DEMING