1999.4 來函

 鍾大哥:

玉燕姊有告訴你嗎?
我很喜歡你那天主持座談會的Ending........
從福和國中的圖書館的反思
Let us bring the light to our education system

ps 我已經記下你們的網站 我會常去逛的
也介紹給我的朋友........

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敬愛的鍾先生, 您好:

我是新加入的讀者, 接觸到貴學院的書籍, 令人有如貧民頓時富有的狂喜. 已往片斷零亂的閱讀, 總難以整合成可茲應用的真知(或許是讀的不夠多), 在您的書目中,找到了整合過的閱讀方向, 像是挖到寶般的喜悅, 也感佩您的善心.

讀了戴明修練, 戴明領導手冊及現正研讀的管理三部曲, 觸動自己在新知/方法/技能上的渴求, 更深感組織運作的重要性, 也將你的譯著或發表的文章慢慢散播在公 司, 希望借助貴學院的力量散撥改善的種子, 但一人之力必竟有限, 於是希望自己能學習團隊運作的方法, 但不知"The Team Handbook"是否有中譯本, 或以您的博學可介紹有關此方面的書目?

再次感謝您的善舉, 讓我有機會接觸到這麼好的書.

讀者: 簡鳳寧

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Dear Chung:

Thank you for your kind response. I hope that I have addressed you correctly in the salutation. That is the way I address my dear friend Sung.

Sung and his family, by the way, are another inspirational example of people who have responded to tragedy with courage and resourcefulness. A spinal injury and paralysis of a son. They have sought out any and all treatment's and have had remarkable success. The boy has now finished university and has found a good job. Sung added a special wing to his house and his wife even journeyed back to Taiwan to learn acupuncture technique.

I find your posts on the den list very moving and inspirational. I never skip over them quickly. Please continue.

John E. Carrow
Seabrook, TX, USA
jecarrow@venus.gbtech.net

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Frank:

I happened to read your Mar 20 response to Hanching's Mar 19 post just I was getting ready for my first date with a woman since my wife died about a year ago. It helped give me much needed courage at that moment, for a "ritual of revival". Thank you both.

"The remedy for dying is living". That old Chinese was wise. This old American has been learning that recovering from the loss of a beloved spouse is not like recovering from the flu. Returning to "normal" will be returning to a very different normal. Having absorbed some Deming philosophy has been a help to me. I started reading the Denlist about six months ago thinking I knew a lot about quality, SPC and Deming. It has been a humbling but heartening experience. One of these days I hope to feel confident enough to start posting again myself.

Although both of your messages were consistent with the aim of the DEN, it shows that the consequences of actions can spread far beyond the immediate intention. I have been told, since she died, of many of her little kindnesses that had profound, long remembered effects. The full impact of her presence in the world cannot be measured. I just wish that I could tell her how wonderful she was.

And would that we could somehow let WED know how far the ripples from his efforts have spread over this planet.

John E. Carrow
Seabrook, TX, USA
jecarrow@venus.gbtech.net

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I have just uploaded Peter Scholtes' scheduled events to his site. I thought you might be interested:

http://www.pscholtes.com/peter.htm

Also I just updated MAQIN's site. Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions. Juran will speak at the 12th Annual Hunter Conference this year (as will Peter for the 12th strait year - a record).

http://www.maqin.org/

And recently I posted Gerald Suarez's site, Interactive Seminars and Consulting:

http://www.curiouscat.com/suarez/

Please let me know your suggestions or comments.

Enjoy,

John Hunter
http://www.curiouscat.com/hunter.htm

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I wanted to let you know about, Curious Cat Careers:

http://www.curiouscat.com/guides/career.htm

the latest addition to the Curious Cat Management Improvement site.

Please share any suggestions or comments you have, for this new section, or for the rest of the site.

There is no cost to use Curious Cat Careers (either to post jobs or to look for jobs). We are piloting this new service now. At this time we are only interested in jobs (and jobs in organizations) that we think positively contribute to our view of Quality (Deming related - as can be seen from our site and the ideas of Deming, Box, Scholtes, Ackoff, Joiner, Langford. 

Please feel free to forward this to others and, when you think it would help, let those you know with job openings or those looking for jobs know about our site.

Thanks,

John Hunter
Curious Cat Management Improvement Books
http://www.curiouscat.com/management

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