“An Immigrant’s Gift” is a documentary that aired on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) in the United States in the mid-1990s that told the story of Joseph M. Juran and his contributions to Japan, the United States, and the world. WoodsEnd, Inc., produced the documentary. WoodsEnd interviewed over 30 prominent leaders Read more…
Every month, ASQ – American Society for Quality selects a quality-themed topic for Influential Voices bloggers to discuss as part of a round table. The October topic is: How can employers leverage quality to invite innovation? Here is my answer: It is well known that innovation is an important driver of Read more…
The 2nd Global State of Quality is here! This new iteration of the 2013 research provides an analysis of nearly 1,700 companies. The research results are included in the qualitative and quantitative Discoveries 2016 report, which addresses topics important to enhancing quality, including the influence of the customer, trends in industry Read more…
Among different definitions out there I like the one that says: “Employee engagement is the extent to which employees feel passionate about their jobs, are committed to the organization, and put discretionary effort into their work.” In every organization you can find employees who fall in any of these 3 Read more…
Talking about Quality to the C-Suite is a real challenge. There are a lot of strategies and tools than can help any quality professional to make the C-Suite understand and take decisions through a quality perspective. This month I read an interesting post in the ASQ blog called “Talking To Read more…
Have you ever thought of incorporating quality tools into your daily life? Consider this scenario: a family of 4 (mom, dad & boys), schools, extra school activities, doctor’s appointments, my husband’s job, house chores and running own businesses; in summary: LIFE. There are so many things going on in my Read more…
(This is a response to ASQ Blog post about the Pros and Cons of Conferences) Nowadays, networking is the most common, useful and effective tool we all have access to and also need to, in order to build our business, meet new people, find a job or for any of Read more…
(Post in response to ASQ CEO Bill Troy blog post on A View from the Q) This month, ASQ CEO talks about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers in his blog, reaffirming that we need to keep encouraging the next generation of STEM professionals. Every year ASQ surveys teenagers Read more…
globalstateofquality.org When we talk about Quality we must think globally. The globalization of businesses and quality is a reality even for small- and medium-size companies. Every company now finds that some of their prime competitors are likely to be based in another country; this affects the strategic and quality approach and the Read more…
Angela Schwindt, a home schooling mom said: “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about“.I cited this quote because of the new topic ASQ CEO Bill Troy proposed to talk on the “A View form the Q“. He asked: Have Read more…
December topic discussed in ASQ blog expressed a question: Is quality ambitious enough? Bill Troy, ASQ CEO, shared an article by Brooks Carder where he pointed out that “we (quality professionals) have all gone through some kind of conversion. We know in our hearts we can help make this world work better. We don’t need Read more…
Many readers ask me about the difference between Managers and Leaders; and common questions are: – Is a leader born o made?– Does anybody can be a leader if takes the appropriate training? – Can a manager be a good leader? And vice versa? Added to that, ASQ CEO Bill Read more…
