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Thursday, July 9, 2026
How much does engagement matter?
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We’ve talked about “ engagement of people ” as a fundamental Quality principle, and at a superficial level it sounds obvious. Disgruntled em...
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Thursday, July 2, 2026
Auditing a system that uses AI
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We’ve talked before about some of the Quality issues related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, but mostly in an inciden...
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Sampling bias
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A friend forwarded this cartoon to me a couple of weeks ago. It seems to come from the website Sketchplanations , drawn by Jono Hey . You ca...
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Thursday, June 18, 2026
Can you be TOO optimized?
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There's an old story about a wise man that has some relevance for bloggers as well. Once upon a time there was an old man renowned for h...
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Thursday, June 11, 2026
"The absence of alternatives ...."
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We've talked at some length about how companies learn to improve. But in many ways it sounds like a difficult process, requiring a lot o...
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Thursday, June 4, 2026
Know your own procedures!
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Who needs to understand the procedures in your department? Well, I suppose you do, for a start. The other people in your department should ...
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Management by travel
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Last week I wrote about Florida Power and Light learning Total Quality Control from Kansai Electric in Japan, and I mentioned that " F...
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