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Hugh Edwards

Developing quality skills

Published: 12 Mar 2024

As part of a series of articles in which quality professionals share their experiences of different quality qualifications, Hugh Edwards, Quality Manager at Qnostics, describes his experience of achieving an MSc in Quality Management at the University of the West of Scotland.

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The Hawthorne effect

Published: 4 Mar 2024

If the outcome of an audit is influenced by the very act of carrying out the audit in the first place, how can we ever ensure accuracy? Welcome to the paradox that is the Hawthorne effect.

Man listens carefully to a woman

Just listen....

Published: 29 Feb 2024

Last month we took a look at the noble art of questioning. Let’s now explore an even more important skill – how to listen to the answers we get.

Dr W. Edwards Deming

Forces of destruction

Published: 21 Feb 2024

Christopher Chinapoo CQP FCQI and Dr Kevan Leach from the CQI’s Deming special interest group look at the perils of extrinsic motivators in systemic perspectives and how to build functional relationships and teams.

Steve Cadigan

In conversation with Steve Cadigan

Published: 16 Feb 2024

We talked to HR strategist Steve Cadigan about how best to cope with the rapid changes that organisations are seeing right now.