Forces of Destruction: grades in school, merit system, incentive pay, business plans, quotas. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
The aim of education should be to preserve and nurture the yearning for learning that a child is born with. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Now, we learn that a system must have an aim. Without an aim, there is no system. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
People learn in different ways: reading, listening, pictures, watching. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-esteem, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
People copy examples and then they wonder what is the trouble. They look at examples and without theory they learn nothing. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary. Improvement is not compulsory; it's voluntary. But to survive, we must learn. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
New product and new types of service are generated, not by asking the consumer, but by knowledge, imagination, innovation, risk, trial and… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
“Thought Leadership “The new economics for industry, government, education” Book by W. Edwards Deming “In God we trust. All others must bring… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Absence of defects does not necessarily build business... Something more is required. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share
In Japan, a company worker's position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share
It is a mistake to assume that if everybody does his job, it will be all right. The whole system may be in trouble. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share
The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share
Sub-optimization is when everyone is for himself. Optimization is when everyone is working to help the company. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share
A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. He needs to understand that the performance… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share
“It is not enough to just do your best or work hard; You must know what to work on.” — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share
Two basic rules of life are: 1) Change is inevitable. 2) Everybody resists change. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share
