What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis.

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"Learning is not compulsory… Neither is survival."

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"A bad system will beat a good person every time."

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"Profit in business comes from repeat customers; customers that boast about your product and service, and that bring friends with them."

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"What should be the aim of management? What is their job? Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide."

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"Quality is everyone's responsibility."

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"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself."

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"It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit."

- Harry S. Truman

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