Bjarne Berg Wig is a 59-year-old married man with two sons. He currently holds several positions including as the Managing Director of TQM Center Norway, teaching at Bergen University College, and as an innovation leader for NEVU. He has authored several books on topics such as quality improvement, leadership, and learning organizations. Wig has led and facilitated many projects in quality improvement and organizational development for companies in Norway and abroad. He is also involved in teaching programs at universities and continues to work on developing learning organizations.

1. Bjarne Berg Wig
59 år, married. Two sons (27 og 30) AALLSGATE 10 3922 Porsgrunn Telefon: 41680737
E-post: bjarne@tqm.no
Via Toetto 5, 14040 AT Italia
2016
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PRESENT
POSITIONS
- MD TQM Center Norway
- Teaching at Bergen University College
- Innovation leader NEVU (20%
position) -
- VP Learning Organization Norway
(LOS Norge).
- Member of Sol Europe and SoL North
America
- Speaker Deming Research Conference
Washington DC -
-­‐
Working
on
a
new
course_
LEARNING
ORGANIZATIONS,
LEARNING
SYSTEMS
Two
new
books
are
coming
this
year
(2016
Manifest
and
Gyldendal
Akademisk).
PUBLISHED
BOOKS
1992
KF
prosessen
(kurshefte
–
Hydro
Support)
1995
Kvalitetsforbedring
som
håndverk
1996
Quality
Improvement
as
a
Craft
Brukes
i
Universitetet
i
Riga.
1999
Det
uslåelige
Arbeidslaget
(Tiden,
Gyldendal),
2002
TQM
Ledelsesteknologien
(Vett
og
Viten)
2004
Dugelige
organisasjoner
2006
Det
er
ledelse,
kvalitetsledelse
for
det
21.
Århundret
2011.
LEAN,
ledelse
for
lærende
organisasjoner
(Gyldendal
Akademisk)
VALUES ”VYRG”
Vennskap Building friendship), Ydmykhet for læring (humbleness) ,
Raushet («give and give») Grensesprengende (crossing boarders,

2. breakthrough)
TEACHING
PROGRAMS
• Bergen
University
College,
TQM
15
credits.
Lean
ledelse
(15
credits)
• NEVU/Høgskolen
i
Sør-­‐Øst
(Lean
ledelse,
15
studiepoeng)
• Upcoming
program
2016:
Learning
organizations
(15
credits)
SAMPLES OF PROJECTS MR. WIG HAS LEADED OR FACILITATED:
• Safety Procedures for Work Permission System (1988)
• Development of Computer based Systematic Maintenance Management system in Hydro
(1988)
• Training program for Safety Delegates (1989)
• Certification Program for TQM Facilitators, (Green belt and black belt) (1994)
• Development and execution of the training and implementation of Quality Councils,
Quality Improvement teams(1992-1997)
• Cost of Poor Quality Study in Hydro Agri (1994)
• Debotlenecking in NPK production (Quality Improvement Project -1994)
• Skipping Improvement Project (1995)

3. • Redesign of Accounting System (1996)
• The Norwegian Quality Improvement Team Award (1995)
• Hydro Management Safety Behaviour Training (1998)
• Innovation Process Benchmarking project wit 3M and others (1998)
• Hydro Agri Innovation Process Task Force (1998)
• Design Team: Business Farmer Concepts (1999)
• Redesign of Corporate R&D Centre (1999)
• TQM consulting for Abdul Latif Jameel Group in Saudi Arabia
• Consultant for TQM Implementation at a hospitals and Health Department in Norway
• Team and TQM Training, Police Academy, Norway.
• Advisor for Clean Urban Transport Europe (CUTE 2003)
• Trainer for improvement teams in Central Statistichal Beureu in Norway (SSB 2003-
2004)
• Improvement program – train the trainer in Hydro Automotive Structures (2003)
• Cooperation Network Mechanical Industry Grenland (2004)
• Project leader Leadership Telemark (2004-2006)
• Development of the Hoshin Management system in Veidekke Entreprenør (2006)
• Development of the new ICT learning Management system for Facilitators (Black Belt) in
Veidekke Entreprenør (2006-2008)
• Teacher in part time position with Bergen University College on TQM and Lean
• Member ICT Grenland from 2008
• Member of Society for organisational learning (2009)
• Founder of NEVU national centre for life long learning.
• Initiator of LOS Norge (Learning Organizations network Norway).

4. TRAINING
CAMP
Albergo
del
Vino
in
Piemonte.
Excellent
camp
for
leadership
and
management
training.