Dirk Dusharme @ Quality Digest

Editor in Chief

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Dirk Dusharme is Quality Digest’s editor in chief.

Fri, 06/05/2020 - 11:23
Inside Quality Digest Live for May 25, 2018 Business models, statistical models, champion models
Thu, 05/31/2018 - 09:42

In our May 25, 2018, episode of QDL, we looked at business models, statistics, and a Champion of Quality. “How Broken Is Your Business Model?” Nothing focuses the mind like the sight of the gallows. “Statistical Analysis: The Underpinning of…
Made in China: From Scary Bad to Scary Good Part two: Chinese quality is improving. Fast!
Wed, 05/30/2018 - 12:02
In part one we saw that China has made great strides in terms of product quality, notably in the tech sector. But it still has a long way to go in other products. Driven by the growing middle class, who like all middle class buyers want value for…
Made in China: From Scary Bad to Scary Good Part one: China’s exploding middle class drives improvement
Tue, 05/29/2018 - 12:03
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, Japanese products were synonymous with cheaply made. Anyone over the age of 50 probably remembers cheap Japanese transistor radios when they were a kid. We all believed, in the day, that the more transistors a radio had…
Inside Quality Digest Live for May 11, 2018 Quotas, overproduction, and core values. It’s all related. Somehow.
Thu, 05/17/2018 - 12:00

In our May 11, 2018, episode of QDL, we looked at overproducing ideas, bad quotas (aren’t they all), and how anger can help identify core values. “Questioning Quotas” When are quotas bad? Most of the time. But here’s a good example. “How to…
Inside Quality Digest Live for April 27, 2018 Big brains, big ideas, big changes: Who's in charge?
Thu, 05/03/2018 - 12:00

In our April 27, 2018, episode of QDL, we looked at the Global Brain and whether leaders really care about their employees. “Why Tech Innovation Isn't the Answer Everyone Thinks It Is” Is technology innovation the answer everyone thinks it…
Inside Quality Digest Live for April 13, 2018 Keeping bad bots out and good data to ourselves
Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:00

In our April 13, 2018, episode of QDL, we talked about anti-hacker robots, data privacy, and new product introduction. “HoneyBot Lures in Digital Troublemakers” MIT nerds come up with a tasty target for IoT hackers. But this one fights back…
We Don’t Care About Data Privacy Really. We don’t.
Thu, 04/12/2018 - 12:03
On April 10, 2018, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress regarding the unauthorized sharing of 87 million Facebook users’ personal data, vacuumed up by data research company Cambridge Analytica. There were pointed…
Inside Quality Digest Live for March 30, 2018 The gig economy, gearing up for metrology gigs, and gigging executive coaches
Tue, 04/03/2018 - 12:00

In our March 30, 2018, episode of QDL, we discuss the gig economy, metrology training, and psychobabble (you know who I mean). “Are You (and Your Company) Ready for the Gig Economy?” More and more employees are joining the gig economy. What…
Inside Quality Digest Live for March 16, 2018 It’s about people: people in a QMS, management people, teaching people, laid off people
Tue, 03/20/2018 - 12:00

In our March 16, 2018, episode of QDL, we looked at universal basic income, management status quo, ISO 10018, and how a community college is teaching cutting-edge metrology skills. “Public Split on Basic Income for Workers Replaced by Robots…
Inside Quality Digest Live for Feb. 23, 2018 Last week we looked at cost of quality and Industry 4.0, leaders and novelists, and whether innovation is under attack
Wed, 02/28/2018 - 12:00

In our Feb. 23, 2018, episode of QDL, we considered if writing a novel makes you a better CEO, patents and innovation, and if should you blindly trust academic studies. Plus, we threw in cost of quality... just because. “Five Things I Learned…