Life: February 12, 1919 - October 29, 2009
Birthday: February 12
Death: October 29
To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.
source: "On purposeful systems (1972)". "Thinking about Quality: Progress, Wisdom, and the Deming Philosophy". Book by Clare Crawford-Mason and Lloyd Dobyns, p. 40, 1994.
topic: Leadership, Taken, Focus, Systemic Change