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Jeffrey Veyera
On A Scale of 1-100, 100 being "Completely Effective", ...
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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
Janet Lentz Janet Lentz May '22

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

Steven Prevette Steven Prevette Jul '22

@Jeffrey Veyera

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

Norm Howe
Successful Teams
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Google analyzed the factors that make a work team successful. They found five that were important. Of those five, ...

Norm Howe Mar '22
Jeffrey Veyera Jeffrey Veyera Apr '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.

Janet Lentz Janet Lentz May '22

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

Jeffrey Veyera
What Are You Afraid Of?
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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
Sumith Kahanda Sumith Kahanda Feb '22

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

Jeffrey Veyera Jeffrey Veyera Feb '22

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

Susan Peiffer Susan Peiffer Feb '22

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

Jeffrey Veyera Jeffrey Veyera Feb '22

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

  • failure
  • being backstabbed
  • getting fired
  • becoming ...
Janet Lentz Janet Lentz May '22

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
What's the One Best Thing We Could Do at TWEF to Gain Your ...
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There are a lot of other demands on our time these days: work, family, exercise, hobbies, glowing screens of all ...

Jeffrey Veyera Dec '21
Janet Lentz Janet Lentz May '22

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

Janet Lentz
It’s All About Relationships
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” We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not ...

Janet Lentz Apr '22
Lizabeth Wesely-Casella Lizabeth Wesely-Casella Apr '22

Thank you for this GREAT POST @Janet Lentz ! You are the first place winner for content creation in the new portal!!

Norm Howe
Poka Yoke Awareness
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NSF International is presenting a free webinar “Poka Yoke Awareness” on March 30, 9am EDT. How can you improve ...

Norm Howe Mar '22