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“He admonished managers to remove the barriers that robbed people of pride in their work. Demin…#
“He admonished managers to remove the barriers that robbed people of pride in their work. Deming believed—and study after study supports his belief—that, in general, people want to do good work. They want to be proud of what they do and what they have accomplished. Company practices, processes, and culture get in the way of that, demoralizing them.”
Very good book that summarizes Deming’s influences and influence. Recommended 👍
https://itrevolution.com/product/demings-journey-to-profound-knowledge/
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“Inspecting a product once it’s built doesn’t improve its quality. Inspection merely discovers a lack of quality. Quality isn’t something to be added at the end but to be designed into the product from the get-go. Deming said quality isn’t so much about improving the product as it is about improving the process.”
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The lack of incidents does not provide evidence of the presence of capacity.
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Build versus buy - Organizational Edition: “McKinsey is a management consulting firm. One of t…#
Build versus buy - Organizational Edition:
“McKinsey is a management consulting firm. One of the services that management consulting firms provide is that they will sell you political capital.”
https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2023/09/03/on-productivity-metrics-management-consultants/
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“Slack and email are async, not sync, tools: Email and, increasingly, Slack are not well-loved …#
“Slack and email are async, not sync, tools: Email and, increasingly, Slack are not well-loved tools because they are often ineffectively used as synchronous, interrupt-driven tools requiring an immediate response.”
https://mikemcquaid.com/more-effective-remote-working/