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Continue reading →: Quality Consciousness: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out!
(Image Credit: Doug Buckley of http://hyperactive.to) In a previous article, I described the notion of quality consciousness that I’m currently preparing an article about. To achieve quality consciousness, we ask the very important question (cf. ISO 9000 para 3.1.5, formerly ISO 8402) “What are the totality of characteristics of YOU…
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Continue reading →: How I Passed My ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Exam
I very recently took my ASQ CSSBB exam and passed! Here’s what I think helped me: [And here’s my OTHER POST that has my notes attached! Enjoy!] – October 2012 [Note: On February 9, 2015 I added my Top 10 Statistics Topics for the CSSBB Exam to this blog] 1. I studied…
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Continue reading →: How to Pass Your ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Exam
[IMPORTANT NOTE! As of April 20, 2015 I now have a NEW FAVORITE introductory statistics textbook… the one I’ve always dreamed of having, but it just never existed before. But today it does!! <3] [Note: On February 9, 2015 I added my Top 10 Statistics Topics for the CSSBB Exam] [Note:…
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Continue reading →: What is Quality Consciousness?
For the past few months, I’ve been working on an article to describe and define quality consciousness. Someone recently told me that there have been a lot of people asking about this concept lately (which I find really cool because as far as I know, I’m the only one actively…
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ASQ’s New Voices of Quality
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Continue reading →: ASQ’s New Voices of QualityI’m happy to announce that I’m one of ASQ’s New Voices of Quality! All of us are listed in the 40 New Voices article in the November 2011 issue of Quality Progress. Although the article only includes a little sound bite that describes my role in the quality profession, there…
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Continue reading →: Why Positive Psychology is Essential for Quality
(Image Credit: Doug Buckley of http://hyperactive.to) This semester, I’m sitting in on a Positive Psychology course offered by the JMU Department of Psychology. A lot of friends and colleagues have asked me why I’m taking a class in psychology when my research and teaching interests are, in contrast, related to…
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