# W. Edwards Deming ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2026-05-04 W. Edwards Deming.jpg|400]] 1900-1993. He's the father of industrial quality control. He's notably at the origin of [[Kaizen]] and indirectly related to the [[Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle]]. ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[W. Edwards Deming]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[W. Edwards Deming]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[A bad system will beat a good person every time]] - [[Defects are not free. Somebody makes them, and gets paid for making them]] - [[Experience teaches nothing]] - [[Information is not knowledge]] - [[Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival]] - [[There is no substitute for knowledge]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[W. Edwards Deming]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->