From what I’ve seen and heard this week on the coverage of Supreme Court on Obamacare, the essence of the 2012 elections can be summed up in 4 words:
“Who pays – Who gets” Continue reading
Who Pays? – Who Gets? – Greg Hutchins
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Just in Case – NOT – Just in Time – Greg Hutchins
The idea of disruptive technologies has been around since Schumpeter. What surprises me is the companion idea of disruptive practices, which is the flip side of disruptive technologies. They go hand in hand. Continue reading
Changing Professions – Mechanical Engineering – Greg Hutchins
I wrote a blog recently on how the quality profession is disappearing or is morphing to risk management.
Well, mechanical engineering is also morphing.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME.org) is the professional society for mechanical engineers. It’s tag line is now:
“ASME (founded as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers) promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe.” Continue reading
Future of ISO 9001 Redux – Greg Hutchins
Many years ago, I wrote 4 books on ISO 9001. Books sold well. Eight languages. Best selling books on ISO 9000. We really liked the international management standard.
Now, more than 1,000,000 companies worldwide are registered to the standard. Unbelievable. When we worked with the first registrars in North America, there were less than 400 companies registered. Continue reading
Proactive – Preventive – Predictive – Preemptive™ – Greg Hutchins
My PDCA – 4P’s™ or Proactive – Preventive – Predictive – Preemptive™.
Dr. Edwards Deming, the renouned quality expert, distilled the essence of his management philosophy into his PDCA cycle acronym, which stands for Plan – Do – Check – Act. Just brilliant. Simple. Memorable. Usable. Continue reading