Are any of you aware of a video called "Commitment to Excellence?" I just received some documents from my recruiter that indicate I should see this video. When I asked my recruiter about it, he just said that I should be able to find it somewhere on the internet or something.
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Commitment to Excellence
- Thread starter krchris
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In 1988, the Navy decided to adopt Dr. Demmings "Total Quality Management" repackaged as "Total Quality leadership." The movie distributed to all commands to demonstrate the power of TQM used the application in Detroit to automobiles and included a big deal on the first automobile designed and built with TQM: the Pontiac Fiero.
The movie generated more laughs than Animal House during this segment.
MasterBates
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TQM! Ahhhehhhhhehhhh.
(hides under desk)
That was later taught at GMI as how NOT to design a car..
Sorry, it just made me have a GM Engineer deja vu moment....
(hides under desk)
That was later taught at GMI as how NOT to design a car..
Sorry, it just made me have a GM Engineer deja vu moment....
One of the Navy's less fine moments and decisions....almost as bad as the salt and pepper uniforms.
AF did the same thing when McPeak was chief of staff. I obviously wasn't in, but everyone who was bitches to me about the "quality air force" days.
This falls into the "time and tides wait for no man' truisms. Well put.
When then-CNO Adm Trost announced TQL, he told us to get onboard, that TQL was the future of the Navy and would outlive all of us. Every JO said, "yeah right," ten minutes after his change of command it's a dot on the horizon. I don't think that was too far off.
Unfortunately, we were still doing TQL in the 96-97 timeframe - just a tad over 10 minutes.
Brett
Hey Brett, you remember what came before TQL??? Wasn't it LMET & NLDP?
I remember NLDP. When I was a 1st, they called it FLCC, which we promptly renamed Fvcking Leadership Continuum Crap. Same stuff, different name: Read these books we bought in bulk from some self-anointed geniuses, memorize some clever acronyms and mnemonics, here's your diploma. Thanks a lot.
Brett
LMET - Leadership, Management, Education & Training. Required of all new officers when I was commissioned. We got to play ring toss......I remember NLDP. When I was a 1st, they called it FLCC, which we promptly renamed Fvcking Leadership Continuum Crap. Same stuff, different name: Read these books we bought in bulk from some self-anointed geniuses, memorize some clever acronyms and mnemonics, here's your diploma. Thanks a lot.
Brett
Oh yes, the "Ring Toss," I remember it well. I also remember the requisite viewing of "12 O'Clock High" to reinforce those leadership traits every B-17 bomber squadron CO should have!