World Quality Day is the second Thursday each November!
But, did you know? National Quality Month was declared by President Ronald Reagan in October 1984. In 1978, Japan chose September as a National month to recognize the importance of quality on the goods and services produced by their country on the world stage. And China has designated the month of November as their National Quality Month since 1960.
According to the American Society for Quality,
“The purpose of “World Quality Day” is to promote awareness of quality around the world and to encourage individuals’ development and organizations’ prosperity.
First promulgated by the United Nations in 1990, World Quality Day aims to raise international awareness of the important role quality plays in ensuring nations’ prosperity. Now it is celebrated annually on the second Thursday of November.”
Are you a great ambassador for Quality in your organization and your community? What are you doing to promote Quality on your own world stage?
I pledge to continue to be an unabashed cheerleader for Quality. Our world has no shortage of challenges and with the plethora of quality tools and methodologies available, we can really roll up our sleeves and do some very creative AND EFFECTIVE problem solving. Let’s start the conversation with our friends and colleagues and revive the awareness of the importance of Quality in our lives. Let’s deliver it, let’s demand it, and let’s always strive to improve it!