Quote by W. Edwards Deming

Experience teaches nothing. In fact there is no experience to record without theory… Without theory there is no learning… And that is their downfall. People copy examples and then they wonder what is the trouble. They look at examples and without theory they learn nothing.

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The Deming of America (video interview with Dr. Deming)

Also see: Experience Teaches Nothing Without Theory and People Copy Examples and Wonder Why They Don’t Succeed.

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Online: The Deming of America

Categories: experience, management, theory