The saying "You cannot manage what you do not
measure" is often associated with management expert Peter Drucker. The
principle itself has a history that predates Peter Drucker by some 2,000 years.
As an example of measured success Japan’s path from post-war devastation to
export powerhouse involved many important factors, a lot of hard work and a
statistician. Two Americans played key roles in the world’s greatest economic
recovery story--a story that has altered lifestyles and reinvented production
systems around the world—they were Gen. Douglas MacArthur and quality guru Dr. W.
Edwards Deming.
MacArthur’s greatest contribution as supreme commander for
the Allied Powers in Japan (1945-1951)--a de facto dictator--was to break apart
an outdated and ossified economic and social structure, which allowed Japan’s
inherent creativity to blossom. “This was all very important for the
development of Japan’s post-war economy,” said Masayoshi Tsurumi, an economics
professor and financial historian at Hosei University.
On the corporate front, MacArthur smashed the grip of
Japan’s family trusts, something Canadians are all too familiar with given the
fact Justin Trudeau’s only qualification as Prime Minister is the name of his
father. In Japan these trusts were known as zaibatsu, which had dominated
Japan’s economy for decades and sent their avaricious tentacles into every
corner of economic life, just as Justin has done here. Although some survived
in modified form, including Mitsui, Mitsubishi and Sumitomo, the retrenchment
opened the field to a new breed of innovators with names like Sony, Honda, Toyota,
and Panasonic that would over the next 30 years catapult Japan onto the global
stage.
On the labor front, MacArthur encouraged trade unions,
which further checked the oligopolies, broadened Japan’s wealth distribution,
and helped develop an increasingly affluent middle class that would serve as a
domestic base for exporters. And his farm reform policies, arguably his most
far-reaching achievement, blunted the sort of rural discontent that would soon
spring Mao Tse-Tung to power in neighboring China, argued MacArthur biographer
William Manchester in “American Caesar.”
But most importantly in terms of verifiable production improvements
MacArthur unleashed Dr Deming to assist Toyota in inventing tools which would permit
those involved in production on the shop floor level to affect changes in
production issues as they were being encountered. Some of these include the Plan-Do-Study-Act
improvement cycle, control charts, etc., 5 Whys, and Pareto analysis, among many
others. Deming transformed the factory by empowering the worker by providing
them with tools and information to do his or her job correctly the first time. Moreover,
to react to problems with Team Kaizen efforts which would solve quality issues
at their source. Thus, the Toyota Production System was born which became the
gold standard for process improvement and measurable success.
In appreciation the Japanese created The Deming Prize which
is the longest-running and one of the highest quality awards in the world. It
recognizes both individuals for their contributions to the field of quality and
businesses that have successfully implemented exemplary systems that promote
quality of goods and services. It was established in 1951 to honor W. Edwards
Deming who contributed greatly to Japan’s proliferation of statistical quality
control after World War II. His teachings helped Japan build its foundation by
which the level of Japan’s product quality has been recognized as the highest
in the world, was originally designed to reward Japanese companies for major
advances in quality improvement. Over the years it has grown, under the
guidance of the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) to where it is
now also available to non-Japanese companies, albeit usually operating in
Japan, and also to individuals recognized as having made major contributions to
the advancement of quality. The awards ceremony is broadcast every year in
Japan on national television. Two categories of the awards are made annually,
the Deming Prize for Individuals and the Deming Prize.
Yet we live in an age of the totalizing enterprise of ever-expanding
government intervention and bureaucracy while in the face of the increase of
state intervention there are almost no methods to verify the successes and failures
of taxpayer funded programs. Over 70 plus years after Deming helped revive the
Japanese economy our own leaders have forgotten the importance of measurable
success.
So let us examine several of the reasons why
governments often fail to measure the success of expensive programs:
1. **Groupthink and Echo Chambers**:
Decision-making groups with limited perspectives can fall into the trap of
groupthink, where countervailing evidence is filtered out of discussions and
warning signs about potential pitfalls in a policy are ignored. This can lead
to an overemphasis on certain pieces of evidence that support the preferred
policy, while ignoring others.
2. **Short Institutional Memories and High
Staff Turnover**: High staff turnover can lead to short institutional memories,
limiting the capacity for learning because the lessons of the past quickly get
forgotten. This can be particularly problematic in democratic governance, where
high churn amongst politicians is inevitable.
3. **Overly Rigid Hierarchies and
Inward-Looking Institutions**: Institutions with low levels of accountability,
where people lower down a decisional chain fear speaking out against a policy
orthodoxy, tend to make more policy mistakes.
4. **Bias Towards Project and Product
Success**: Organizations often have a bias towards measuring 'project and
product success' rather than a broader view of success as 'problems are solved
with development impact'.
5. **Complexity of Measuring Success**: The
complexity of measuring success can also be a factor. For example, even with
billions of dollars spent on weatherization, it's still unclear just how much
good this approach to energy efficiency has accomplished.
In particular Socialist governments are most
often the leaders of the inefficiency pack. So let us examine several reasons as
to why socialist governments may not measure the success of their programs:
1. **Complexity of Central Planning**: Under
central planning, there is no profit-and-loss system of accounting to
accurately measure the success or failure of various programs. Without profits,
there is no way to discipline firms that fail to serve the public interest and
no way to reward firms that do.
2. **Inefficiency and Misallocation of Labor**:
Under socialist planning, government commands were used to allocate employment
and thereby did not permit the hiring or firing of workers for strictly
economic reasons. The problem with this was inefficient production,
underemployment, and misallocations of labor.
3. **Lack of Democratic Legitimacy**: Some
countries feature strong roles of the government in the economy, but because
they lack democratic legitimacy, they do not serve the will of society.
4. **Modern Economies are Too Complex to Plan**: The Soviet disaster shows that modern economies are too complex to plan. State ownership and scientific planning would replace the anarchy of the market. However, the complexity of modern economies makes it difficult to plan and measure the success of programs.
Now consider the following measurements coming
out of Florida on vaccine injuries
In Florida alone, there was a 1,700% increase in VAERS
reports after the release of the COVID-19 vaccine, compared to an increase of
400% in overall vaccine administration for the same time period (Figure 1).
The reporting of life-threatening conditions increased over
4,400%. This is a novel increase and was not seen during the 2009 H1N1
vaccination campaign. There is a need for additional unbiased research to
better understand the COVID-19 vaccines' short- and long-term effects.
The findings in Florida are consistent with various studies
that continue to uncover such risks. To further evaluate this, the Surgeon
General wrote a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) illustrating the risk factors
associated with the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and emphasizing the need for
additional transparency.
According to a study, exit disclaimer iconFraiman J et al,
Vaccine. 2022, mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were associated with an excess risk of
serious adverse events, including coagulation disorders, acute cardiac
injuries, Bell’s palsy, and encephalitis. This risk was 1 in 550 individuals,
which is much higher than other vaccines.
A second study, exit disclaimer iconSun CLF et al, Sci Rep.
2022, found increased acute cardiac arrests and other acute cardiac events
following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.
Additionally, exit disclaimer iconDag Berild J et al, JAMA
Netw Open. 2022, assessed the risk of thromboembolic and thrombocytopenic
events related to COVID-19 vaccines and found preliminary evidence of increased
risk of both coronary disease and cardiovascular disease.
While the CDC has identified safety signals for stroke
among individuals 65 and older following the bivalent booster administration,
there is a need for additional assessments and research regarding safety of all
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
To support transparency, the State of Florida reminds
health care providers to accurately communicate the risks and benefits of all
clinical interventions to their patients, including those associated with the
COVID-19 vaccine as additional risks continue to be identified and disclosed to
the public.
The State of Florida remains dedicated to protecting
communities from the risks of COVID-19 and other public health concerns,
specifically by promoting the importance of treatment and promoting prevention
through healthy habits. We encourage our health care partners and providers to
do the same.
If the Surgeon General of Florida’s assessment is accurate,
the data indicates crimes against humanity being perpetrated by governments all
throughout the Western World. I suppose that is as good a reason as any for the
politicians and bureaucrats not to want people to know what has actually
transpired which continues unabated and unchecked by the vast majority of
global leaders. Look at this following webpage and tell me if you do not think
there is something very odd about its findings. You may access it for yourself
at the following link; https://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2023/02/20230215-updated-health-alert.pr.html
So, its time for a little “quality control” of the delusional
ideationists whom we have entrusted with our health! We, like MacArthur, must smash
the grip of the globalist trusts and multinational conglomerates who are
experimenting with the human genetic blueprint because these oligarchs are
transhumanists who detest their fellow man!
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