Posts Tagged ‘W. Edwards Deming’
Hey Porter! — May Roundup
Of all the months named after a present singular first person auxiliary verb, May is definitely my favorite. And in lieu of a clever segueway, here now is a quick recap of all the fun we had this last month here at HeyPorter.com…
Great Quote Monday — John F. Kennedy
I think that sometimes the best quote is a challenging question, as evidenced here by John F. Kennedy.
Matthew Maxim #11: Hate Failure, But Never Fear It
Okay, it stinks as a bumper sticker, but read this article and see if you don’t agree that it’s relevant and applicable to everyday life.
Great Quote Monday — Helen Keller
Having read this quote– and now visited her childhood home– I almost feel bad for telling all those bad Helen Keller jokes way back when.
Found Comedy — Mega Brand Smackdown
Weeks later and I still can’t figure out how this sign got approved and printed. It’s enough to make the Hamburglar blush.
Great Quote Monday — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poetry for Great Quote Monday? Yep. And just imagine where we could go from here. Today Browning, tomorrow Shel Silverstein…
Great Quote Monday — Harold S. Dodge via W. Edwards Deming
I know: the word ‘quality’ is flogged so much that it has no edges left at all. Still, I think you’ll find this quote and the accompanying article worth a look.
Great Quote Monday — Jesus
And if you like this quote, try reading his bestseller.
- Matthew Porter
Great Quote Monday — Harold S. Dodge via W. Edwards Deming
W. Edwards Deming: The management guru women wanted and men wanted to be...
Today’s quote– about quality– comes from Harold S. Dodge as delivered by management guru W. Edwards Deming (also a statistician, college professor, author, lecturer, and consultant).
‘Quality’ isn’t the sexiest of concepts, as concepts go. Still, the idea of quality is inextricable from the idea of excellence. And, of course, the phrase ‘striving for excellence’ is just a fancy pants way of saying ‘we aim to stare our competition directly in the eye, except that the competition will be lying on the ground and we’ll be standing over them.’
Hey, when you put it that way, I think I could get behind this ‘quality’ thing.
Dodge’s / Deming’s quote reminds me of the work of Phil Crosby and his ‘quality is free’ and ‘do it right the first time’ concepts. Mr. Crosby was an author, management theorist, and quality management guru whom I had the pleasure of meeting several times. Which is to say, he attended the same church I did when I was growing up and I later dated his daughter for a time. Which is to say, now I’m not saying anything useful whatsoever, just doing some ham-handed name-dropping. [Shakes head] Not efficient at all…
“As Harold S. Dodge said many years ago, ‘You cannot inspect quality into a product.’ The quality is there or it isn’t by the time it’s inspected.”
- W. Edwards Deming
Out Of The Crisis (1982)
- Matthew Porter
