If you destroy the people of a company, you do not have much left. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
If someone can make a contribution to the company he feels important. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Learn the basics of analytics and people will love you. If you don't have time to learn, hire someone. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to assume that if everybody does his job, it will be all right. The whole system may be… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
If you wait for people to come to you, you'll only get small problems. You must go and find them. The big… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Knowledge is theory. We should be thankful if action of management is based on theory. Knowledge has temporal spread. Information is not… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Scientific data are not taken for museum purposes; they are taken as a basis for doing something. If nothing is to be… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Absence of defects does not necessarily build business... Something more is required. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Sub-optimization is when everyone is for himself. Optimization is when everyone is working to help the company. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
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 Image