Best Deming Edwards 46 Brilliant Audio Quotes Ideas Quality, Philosophy, Measurement

“ You should not ask questions without knowledge. ” – Edwards Deming

“ When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering. ” – Edwards Deming

“ You can not inspect quality into the product; it is already there. ” – Edwards Deming

“ The emphasis should be on why we do a job. ” – Edwards Deming

“ If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Without theory, there are no questions. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Any manager can do well in an expanding market. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives. ” – Edwards Deming

“ In God we trust; all others bring data. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Two basic rules of life are: 1) Change is inevitable. 2) Everybody resists change. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Improve quality, you automatically improve productivity. ” – Edwards Deming

“ It’s not enough to do your best; you must know what to do & then do your best. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Innovation comes from people who take joy in their work. ” – Edwards Deming

“ The ultimate purpose of collecting the data is to provide a basis for action or a recommendation. ” – Edwards Deming

“ It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Each system is perfectly designed to give you exactly what you are getting today. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Uncontrolled variation is the enemy of quality. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Manage the cause, not the result. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Management by results is like driving a car by looking in rearview mirror. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Quality is everyone’s responsibility. ” – Edwards Deming

“ The customer is the most important part of the production line. ” – Edwards Deming

“ A bad system will beat a good person every time. ” – Edwards Deming

“ A goal without a method is nonsense. ” – Edwards Deming

“ We should work on our process, not the outcome of our processes. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Understanding variation is the key to success in quality and business. ” – Edwards Deming

“ If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Transformation is not automatic. It must be learned; it must be led. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Just because you can measure everything doesn’t mean that you should. ” – Edwards Deming

“ We are being ruined by the best efforts of people who are doing the wrong thing. ” – Edwards Deming

“ We are here to learn, to make a difference, and to have fun. ” – Edwards Deming

“ To optimize the whole, we must sub-optimize the part. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Quality is pride of workmanship. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Information is not knowledge. Let’s not confuse the two. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Defects are not free. Somebody makes them, and gets paid for making them. ” – Edwards Deming

“ We know what we told him, but we don’t know what he heard. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Divide responsibility and nobody is responsible. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Nobody goes to work to do a bad job. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Quality starts in the boardroom. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Scrap doesn’t come for free, we pay someone to make it. ” – Edwards Deming

“ If you destroy the people of a company, you do not have much left. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Nothing happens without personal transformation. ” – Edwards Deming

“ Does experience help? NO! Not if we are doing the wrong things. ” – Edwards Deming

“ A leader is a coach, not a judge. ” – Edwards Deming