As you probably know, November is The World Quality Month (#WQM13) and ASQ and all who are passionate about QUALITY are celebrating. In his last post, ASQ CEO Paul Borawsky asked everyone to share their “quality moments“, an experience at work where you improved something or solved a problem, or Read more…
Paul Borawski wrote in his last post about that, nowadays, there are more and more fields “far” from quality’s manufacturing roots, that are increasingly investing in and implementing quality principles. And the following question arises: “What new fields or disciplines could most reap the benefits of quality tools and techniques?” Before Read more…
In his last blog post, Paul Borawski talked about Training on quality field, provided inside organizations to their employees, and the ones professionals pursue on their own for their professional improvement. The ASQ’s Global State of Quality research shows that “Organizations that govern quality with a centralized group are roughly 30 percent more likely Read more…
Which Social Networks Do Quality Professionals Use? This is the question ASQ’s CEO Paul Borawski asked in his blog this month, to discuss with the quality community.When I started to think about networking in the quality community, I opened a BLOG account right away. After years of learning about quality stuff Read more…
How many times you have to answer the question: What do you do for living? It is not as simple as saying ‘I’m a Quality Software Engineer’, sometimes people don’t know exactly what does it mean and you have to find the correct way to explain them what are your Read more…
How “soft skills” influence in an interview, your job or daily routine? Are they more important than “hard skills”? This month, Julia McIntosh of ASQ’s Communications department wrote about different themes discussed in the past ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement 2013 in Indianapolis-Indiana, and I’ve selected “soft skills” to be Read more…
April’s topic for the Influential Voices that ASQ’s CEO Paul Borawski wanted to discuss, is about the existence or not of a National Quality Award in our countries. My country, Argentina has been working on that for the more than 20 years. In 1991, in order to be part of the world Read more…
“You’re away from the office—at home, at the store, at a sporting event, at your children’s school—and you spot a situation where a quality tool would really come in handy. Or, you find that a quality tool is being used, quite unknowingly. Have you spotted a non-work situation that could use Read more…
“A recent ASQ survey about teenagers and science careers revealed that nearly all teens agree that risk-taking is required in science, technology, engineering and math careers (STEM)—but almost half say they are afraid of taking those risks. Maybe that’s because most of the parents who were surveyed are also uncomfortable Read more…
Paul Borawski asked in his new post a simple/complex question: How do you define quality? As the world keeps changing, the definition of quality does too. So Paul extended his question to: “What do you use as the best, most inclusive, and illuminating definition of quality? Test your definition against Read more…
