Deadly diseases
In 1982 W. Edwards Deming wrote about the 5 deadly diseases that inflict most organisations:
- Lack of constancy of purpose
- Emphasis on short-term profits
- Evaluation of performance
- Mobility of management
- Running a company on visible figures alone
Are we still infected?
30 years on have we found a cure? Have a look at the slide share below and let me know what you think.
And yes, I know they were diseases not sins, but I liked the picture — not that I have remotely dumbed this down in any way…
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Adrian Swinscoe says
My personal favourite and bug bear is number 2. What’s that saying about the root of all evil…..?
Adrian
James Lawther says
Number 1 for me Adrian.
Though I think they all line up and mix together.
James