10 things, I have learnt about Quality
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I spoke the keynote at the EMC's quality innovation summit yesterday (feb 26, 2014). Here is the presentation I used ..
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- 1. 10 things, I have learnt, about Quality EMC Process Innovation Event 26 February, 2014
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- 3. 1. QUALITY IS IN INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS 3
- 4. Implications for Process Innovation • • • Individual actions depend on capability and intent Both capability and intent, shape each other. But only through actions. Therefore act! 4
- 5. 2. QUALITY IS SHAPED BY ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT 5
- 7. 2. Quality is shaped by organizational context What is actually achieved - depends on • processes, • measures, • reviews, • rewards and • organizational memory Implications for Process Innovation – Therefore Enable
- 8. 3. CUSTOMER’S NEEDS ARE THE COMPASS. ALAS! THEY VARY
- 9. 3. Customer’s needs are the compass. Alas! They vary • – – – Future Products (Brahma's department – Creation) Anticipated future needs (skate to where puck will be) Mitigate risks Assimilate the available • Current Products & Processes (Vishnu’s department – Sustenance) – Value for money – First/ best – Relationship • Outdated Products & Processes (Shiva’s department – Reengineering) – Reduce cycle time/ costs – Incremental innovation – New markets & niches
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- 11. 4. A CHAIN IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK
- 12. 4. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link Individual Gaps • Inability Organization Gaps • Broken process Customer Gaps • Not seeing future • Unclear • Irrelevant or too many measures • Misreading own relevance • Skipped reviews • Staying complacent • Demotivated • Only penalties • Fear Implications for Process Innovation – What needs fixing
- 13. 5. WHAT GETS MEASURED, MATTERS
- 15. 5. What gets measured, matters • Early & visible success - always matters • A leading indicator will give you time to fix things • Too much measurement, is a pain. Pain without gain, is a drain. • If same indicator is used for both evaluation and quality, then evaluation trumps quality Implications for Process Innovation – Design Measures
- 16. 6. LEADING INDICATORS ARE INVALUABLE. USE WITH CAUTION!
- 18. 6. Leading indicators are invaluable. Use with caution though • Examples of Leading indicators – The buzz in the backroom – Smiling faces when coming out of office – Under promised and over delivered • It is futile to tweak the speedometer needle of a car to make it go faster Implications– Use intangibles to diagnose. Not to deliver.
- 19. 7. QUALITY IS COMMON SENSE
- 21. 8. WE DON’T KNOW, WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
- 23. Implications – Stay open. Stay humble.
- 24. 9. TO DO THE SAME THINGS AND EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS, IS MADNESS
- 26. Implications – Do different things, but not insane ones
- 27. 10. QUALITY IS EASIER IF YOU CAN FORESEE THE FUTURE
- 29. 10. Quality is easier if you can foresee the future • • • • No quality is possible without comparison To build to an unprecedented quality, an unprecedented comparison is required Such a comparison can only come from the future The peek into future also allows us to see consequences of our actions – When aggregated over numbers – When compounded over time
- 30. Implications – learn crystal ball gazing .. All the best, for your process innovation journe
- 31. A Dream of a Just, Equitable, Humane and Sustainable Society Thank You 31