One of the more popular email signature quotes that I see (at least amongst Lean practitioners) is this priceless gem from Dr. W. Edwards Deming: “It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.”   It seems that this quote, and a few other Deming-isms, are more popular than Dr. Deming’s actual teachings. The line does not appear in either of Dr. Deming’s main books, Out of the Crisis or The New Economics (at least … Continue reading Misinterpreting Deming: The Misuse of ‘Survival is not Mandatory’ in Lean Practice