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Janet Lentz
” We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not ...
Janet Lentz Apr '22

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Norm Howe
NSF International is presenting a free webinar “Poka Yoke Awareness” on March 30, 9am EDT. How can you improve ...
Norm Howe Mar '22
Norm Howe
Google analyzed the factors that make a work team successful. They found five that were important. Of those five, ...
Norm Howe Mar '22

Brings us back to Deming and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: we can't do much when we're afraid for our own survival.

I completely agree that psychological safety comes first. We should recognize that this is a significant ...

Jeffrey Veyera
For the past two years, that answer for many of us has been: “A lot!” Illness Job loss Addiction Mental health ...
Jeffrey Veyera Feb '22

I am afraid of commenting on this. I understand the lengthy statement about fear at work place. However, we need a ...

Fear in the workplace would be a great start—-a problem properly-defined is a problem half-solved, right?

Maybe a couple more - If you work in a toxic workplace, fear of being undermined or sabotaged (if you want to delve ...

These are all excellent, Susan.
I’ve been afraid of:

  • failure
  • being backstabbed
  • getting fired
  • becoming ...

I love it! Sadly, I’ve had a lot of experience trying to drive fear out of a workplace. Bottom line result is I am now ...

Jeffrey Veyera
There are a lot of other demands on our time these days: work, family, exercise, hobbies, glowing screens of all ...
Jeffrey Veyera Dec '21

Interesting question! There is so much people can contribute to ASQ to make it a successful organization. One of my ...

Jeffrey Veyera
It has been 35 years since Dr. Deming shared his 14 Points in Out of the Crisis. In Chapter 3, he covers Point 8: “ Drive ...
Jeffrey Veyera Dec '21

I have worked in a fear-based, ”command and control” environment and also in workplaces that were inclusive and ...

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I can't say the company I worked for (on my day job) did much to drive out fear, mostly tried to drive ...

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