In his new blog post, ASQ CEO Paul Borawski, talk about the Annual QP Salary Survey that took place this month. In a brief summary, the results showed that “…This year, for the first time since QP began its annual salary survey, the most important indicator—average salary—has become frustratingly stuck in Read more…
With the purpose of celebrating November – The World Quality Month, I’ve asked people on Twitter (hash-tag #qualitymeaning) and LinkedIn a simple/complex question: What does QUALITY mean to you? I’ve received a lot of replays and of course, I would like to share some of them with you, and you Read more…
“How well understood and embraced are the contributions of the quality professional beyond what is traditionally thought of as the quality function?” asked Paul Borawski in his October discussion blog post. From my experience as Quality Assurance Engineer in the software field, quality has been seen as “a bunch of Read more…
In his September blog post, ASQ CEO Paul Borawski asked to the Influential Voices group “how the practice of quality could evolve to support the needs of a rapidly changing world…Or why quality should not change despite the needs of faster faster faster changes”Some people say – yes, quality has to Read more…
Culture can be defined in many ways, it is:– a set of shared beliefs, attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an organization; – the way employees actually behave, think and believe – “the way we do things around here”;– the personality of an organization;– a “walk the talk”. A Read more…
In the last few years and because of the changes in the environment and world economy, the term Social Responsibility (SR) has become an increasingly discussed topic among consumers and organizations: – consumers have become more alert of which products/services should buy, depending on how those products/services have been produced,– Read more…
Moving quality beyond product is the new topic ASQ CEO Paul Borawski has proposed to discuss with the Influential Voices. The topic came out because of the new annual survey from The Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2012: Risky Business—Focusing on Innovation and Talent in a Volatile World. The final report from the Quality Council, that Read more…
In May, ASQ CEO Paul Borawski wrote in his blog about “The Government/Quality Puzzle“. Some of his thoughts were: “Why do citizens expect and demand so little accountability for the poor use of resources in government? Why do so few leaders charged with leading countries, states, provinces, and cities require Read more…
This month, ASQ CEO Paul Borawski wrote in his blog about happiness and job satisfaction in the quality field, and asked a question to discuss with the Influential Voices group: “Are quality professionals happy on the job?” This interesting topic came to live because a recent study from CareerBliss.com, published Read more…
March is here and so it is the new ASQ CEO Paul Borawski blog post, with an interesting topic to discuss: How Do You “Sell” Quality? How do you convince senior executives (often CEOs) and public officials that quality is important and an essential strategy for–pick your ending–performance excellence, competitiveness, Read more…
In his February blog post, ASQ CEO Paul Borawski, have proposed to discuss with the Influential Voices group about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers, how we can encourage younger generations to pursue those careers, and how STEM is taught and encouraged in our countries.I’m a System Engineer graduated in Argentina. Back in 1999, I faced the Read more…
January is the month to, look back to the past year, and forward to the coming one.2011 – Last year was one of the best year in my life. I became a mom of a beautiful baby boy, Matias; my life changed forever, and now, happiness as well as worries are in Read more…
