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Do you say the same thing to people in real life?
by roflyear 4y ago
Do you say the same thing to people in real life?
- 59125throwaya 4y agoI have people say things like this to me all the time. My standard response at the moment is something along the lines of "If the house is burning down and water is not flowing from the fire hydrant, you don't stop to measure the water pressue". The assertion that "you cannot improve something if you cannot measure it" IMHO promotes a lot of unproductive activity.
- dredmorbius 4y agoThe actual W. Edwards Demming quote is "It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth.” https://deming.org/myth-if-you-cant-measure-it-you-cant-manage-it/ https://deming.org/myth-if-you-cant-measure-it-you-cant-mana...
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoMost people around me tell me we are heading towards disaster. I asked random people om the street with a microphone. They say the same thing. There are huge things that have now been set in motion, they cannot be easilly stopped