The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
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The prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing.
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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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We are here to make another world.
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The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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I am forever learning and changing.
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It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
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People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets – even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it.
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