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Reducing Variation: "What's Love got to do with it?"  - Workshop presentation, delivered at the January 9, 2007 meeting of the Indianapolis Section of the American Society for Quality (ASQ).
 

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Quality Leadership, National Security, Pursuit of Happiness - Dinner presentation, delivered at the January 9, 2007 meeting of the Indianapolis Section of the American Society for Quality (ASQ).
 

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Transformation to a world that works for almost everyone.  This essay was originally submitted for consideration for inclusion in a proposed book  titled: The Big Book of Leaders.  The purpose of the book was to share personal stories of leadership and spiritual development with a world desperately needing such stories of personal change, transformation, and development. 

       ··  The Big Book of Leaders -- Research questions for authors.
 

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Who's Winning ... ?  Historical Perspective -- Trend on the number of crises in four-year periods from 1918  to 2001.  

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Continuous Improvement on the Free-Throw Line.  How a father and son applied the quality technology to  improve basketball free-throw shooting. Quality Progress Magazine, October 1997 issue.

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A Transformation to Quality Government. What every American citizen can do to help improve the quality of life in America. Quality Progress magazine, May 2000 issue. (For more information on the  Government Performance and Results Act, search on keywords GPRA & Results at: Government Executive Magazine.

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Getting the Most from a Cause and Effect Diagram. The cause and effect diagram is one of the basic tools of  quality and is used to identify causes of problems and to synchronize improvement efforts. It provides a system  perspective on the respective problem or issue. Quality Progress magazine, June 2000 issue.

 

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Education Quality. ASQ's Koalaty Kid needed to build world-class communities. The American Society for Quality (ASQ's) Koalaty Kid program is an initiative to support application of the quality principles, methods, and tools within a  K-12 school systems. Spring 2000 issue of ASQ's KoalaTymes newsletter.
 

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 Doing the right things, right. Article that summarize quality 's common ground.  Published in the Department of Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) newsletter, December 1995.
 

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 Success through Quality Choices.  Article that illustrates the basic principles of numerical literacy.  Published in the Department of Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) newsletter, December 1995. 

More Examples

bulletTake a Quick Assessment on your knowledge of variation? 


bulletGrades in school -- Are they effective and fair?   

  o. Other articles with similar themes, e.g., grades and education

bulletGeneric Improvement Roadmap.  The following stories introduce a roadmap for continuous improvement and learning that can be applied at any level to help resolve almost any type of issue.

o. Getting Started - Introduction to a Roadmap for Continuous Improvement and  Learning: A Family Investment Strategy, Basketball Free-Throw Shooting, Writing a Book.

o. National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Motor Voter Law)  - Is it effective?

o. Resolving controversial issues - Abortion 
 

bulletPlan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) and Standardize, Do, Study, Act (SDSA) Formats.
 
bullet K-12 Case Studies
 

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