
W. Edwards Deming
distinguish learning from compliance and variation from verdicts
The Human Enterprise
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distinguish learning from compliance and variation from verdicts

make it possible to admit confusion without making someone small

insist on a customer result and an accountable business choice

follow the actual work, including who can and cannot use its informal routes

experienced returns clerk following the work as it is actually done

new returns clerk learning the policy and the route to a usable decision

accountable owner of the adoption decision and the customer result

the case at the table