What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform,… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
We have to bring back the individual. Management has smothered the individual. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individuals contribution far more than the individual himself. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Eighty-five percent of the reasons for failure are deficiencies in the systems and process rather than the employee. The role of management… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
The individual has been crushed by our style of management today. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
You can only elevate individual performance by elevating that of the entire system. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual's contribution far more than the individual himself. — 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
