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Square Peg Musings: A Survival Guide to ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI)
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Thoughts from a Quality non-traditionalist. Tuesday, April 23, 2013. A Survival Guide to ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI). By the calendar it is spring and ASQ’s annual big bash is just around the corner. I thought I might provide a survival guide for getting the most out of WCQI. I hope to have some tidbits for everyone, whether you are new to quality, a member leader, or someone who has been to a few and is looking for that nugget. There is a lot going behind the scenes. Sunday ...
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Square Peg Musings: Lean by itself is Good, Lean with Six Sigma is Bad. Really?
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Thoughts from a Quality non-traditionalist. Friday, April 3, 2015. Lean by itself is Good, Lean with Six Sigma is Bad. Really? Another day and another consultant blog post that states that their version or their understanding of Lean Six Sigma does not do Lean correctly. One consultant has even developed a term for this called LAME – Lean as Misguidedly Executed. In all fairness, there are Six Sigma zealots out there as well. I am not here to begrudge individuals from their livelihood. The different belt...
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Square Peg Musings: November 2014
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Thoughts from a Quality non-traditionalist. Tuesday, November 18, 2014. What is necessary for every quality professional to be a leader? The November 2014 ASQ Influential Voices lead blog post. Posits an idea from the ASQ CEO: Every quality professional, a leader. My first reaction was that I have talked about. The required education of leaders in the quality profession. The next piece of information that I found important was an IndustryWeek. Tweet advertising their 3-part, 1993 interview. The leader mu...
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Square Peg Musings: 2013 ASQ World Conference Post #2
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Thoughts from a Quality non-traditionalist. Wednesday, May 8, 2013. 2013 ASQ World Conference Post #2. It's Wednesday morning and spending the time packing up and getting ready to travel home after an excellent conference. Just one disappointment, I did not get to meet Dan Zrymiak. A fellow ASQ Influential Voice. Member. I had heard that he was here in Indy but come to find out he did not attend. Oh, well, I will continue to enjoy his blog and will talk offline and share ideas. Dr Vora sent me a link.
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Square Peg Musings: April 2015
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Thoughts from a Quality non-traditionalist. Thursday, April 23, 2015. Spring is Conference Season! The calendar has turned to spring and warm weather is hitting the Tidewater of Virginia. Trees are starting to sprout leaves and I am looking soon to put my orchids outside for the next five months. This is also prime ASQ conference time. Three of my favorite conferences happen this time of year:. March’s ASQ Lean and Six Sigma Conference. ASQ Raleigh’s Quality in the Triangle. 8212;the last two in May.
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Square Peg Musings: December 2014
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Thoughts from a Quality non-traditionalist. Thursday, December 11, 2014. Quality is Expectation, not Ambition. This month’s ASQ Influential Voices blog post. Has made my head ache. I had a difficult time in linking the source of the original author’s discussion to Mr. Troy’s questions and back to blog title. With that in mind, I am going to try to make my own sense of where all this is going. The execution of those expectations drives an organization’s success. It had a simple premise:. As someone whose ...
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Square Peg Musings: May 2015
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Thoughts from a Quality non-traditionalist. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The Future of Quality is not coming from inside the community. This month’s ASQ Influential Voice topic. Addresses the Future of Quality. I know that the title is sounds pretty damning, especially from one who describes himself as a quality professional. Below are my observations that led me to that title. First the quality community is shrinking from a strictly numbers perspective. For example, Costco recently announced. I am buying less...
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Square Peg Musings: Confessions of a Conference Booth Volunteer
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Thoughts from a Quality non-traditionalist. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Confessions of a Conference Booth Volunteer. It’s Tuesday morning, the start of another full day at #WCQI2015. Sitting in the booth typing out another blog entry to give you a sense of what it is like to be a conference volunteer. And then there is Chuck Underwood. Overall, the conference was a win for everyone. Lots of new contacts made, old friends found, and new energy for quality. Time to catch that plane home! View my complete profile.
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Square Peg Musings: July 2014
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Thoughts from a Quality non-traditionalist. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. What IS the vision of ASQ? On its webpage masthead, ASQ. Announces, “ASQ is a global community of people passionate about quality, who use the tools, their ideas and expertise to make our world better. ASQ: The Global Voice of Quality.”. So is the masthead statement a mission statement, vision statement, or values statement? And it is self-proclaimed as aspirational:. 8221;By making quality a global priority…”. This is a tough one to g...
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Square Peg Musings: Applying Quality Concepts at Home – Remember the human consequences
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Thoughts from a Quality non-traditionalist. Friday, June 12, 2015. Applying Quality Concepts at Home – Remember the human consequences. Given the nature of the June 2015 ASQ Influential Voices blog. I congratulate Sunil Kaushik. On his journey through the quality profession. Sunil has done a masterful job at including his wife in his journey. I have found that applying the things you do at work can be difficult to implement in your personal life. As a courtesy she offered me a cup of coffee. The cups tha...
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