Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.
—W. Edwards Deming
In God we trust; all others must bring data.
—W. Edwards Deming
Innovation comes from the producer — not from the customer.
—W. Edwards Deming
If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.
—W. Edwards Deming
It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone… . The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment.
—W. Edwards Deming
It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
—W. Edwards Deming
Topics: Doing Your Best
The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
—W. Edwards Deming
Topics: Procrastination
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
—W. Edwards Deming
Topics: Survival, Change
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