Hello everyone,

Since a lot of people take quality so seriously, and they should.... but I also feel that it should have some "fun" in it as well.

I'm in the process of creating a training plan for new internal auditors within my company.

BUT.....

I could use some help in finding some "Quality type cartoons" to add to my presnetation slides. Does anyone have a few I can use or where I can get free "quality type" cartoons??

I'm kind of in a rush to find some.

Thank you,
Marcy

Mhans,

I too often add a few cartoons to training presentations. I have a few good ones from "Dilbert" and "The Far Side" dealing with ISO-9001, quality, and business in general. I typically get the desk calendars (1 cartoon per day) and have just saved some that I liked over the years. Maybe you can find an office mate who has one of these calendars, or find some of their cartoon "books" (hundreds of cartoons per book) at the library and copy the ones that tickle your fancy. Also, try the Dilbert web site. Omega also gives out free Dilbert cartoon packs. Just keeping your eyes open will allow you to put together a collection over time (for future presentations).

Hello Mike S.

Thank you for your reply..... Could I by any chance ask if you could fax me some of your cartoons that you have??? My fax number is :585-340-8205

Thank you for your info. I will check out Omega.

M-

Marcy,

I'll try to find a few and fax them over. Not sure how good they will look after faxing. Let me know if they look okay -- you should get something by 12:30 EST.

Thank you Mike,

Please let me know if I can help you out in any way regarding Quality.

M-

Have you tried the member's free files? Marc has some good cartoons in there. Dibert's there, too. Take alook. If not, they are probably in the Premium files. :ko: :smokin:

Hello,

I dug up two sites:

www.franken.de/users/bike/lan/dil_Iso9000.html

www.isoeasy.org/jokes.htm

See if they fit your needs.

Tim

What's this then? Have you forgotten the Humor Thread (http://Elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=3801) ???:vfunny:

Lots of (reasonably) innocent fun, and a lot of it is quality realted.

/Claes

Went on a tour of a plant that had a sign "Do it right the first time and have Fun." From going thru the plant I believe this to be true. It is no sin to have fun on the job as long as the job is done right. Any thoughts on this type of motivation in your plants???? I agree Quality is usually the most serious next to Accounting.

mhans,

I realize this is not a comic strip (but then again it might be to some members of the forum), and that it is dated material, but it is a presentation I developed on two ASQ books.

I do not know the legal aspects of sharing comic strips, but here are two beetle bailey strips (see next post) that I like to share when discussing Organizational Structure and Authority.

Who wears the Stars?

gpainter said:

Went on a tour of a plant that had a sign "Do it right the first time and have Fun." From going thru the plant I believe this to be true. It is no sin to have fun on the job as long as the job is done right. Any thoughts on this type of motivation in your plants???? I agree Quality is usually the most serious next to Accounting.

It is true. If we can have a little laughter at work the performance will surely benefit. I refer to ISO9004:2000, clause 6.4 in this case (-social interaction).:vfunny:

/Claes

I inserted this in an ISO Overview Presentation to break up the seriousness of the training. A rather large man, 235 lbs & 6'2", commented after the training that he felt frightened by the depiction of an auditor as shown in the attachment and that he was sure that others may have felt the same way. I got this from Marc's files and hope that it's O.K. to post. I left the Company on because I'm not incognito. Either way, I told the "scaredy cat" to get a life and go away. If anybody gets frightened, I apologize!:vfunny: :ko: :smokin:

gpainter said:

Went on a tour of a plant that had a sign "Do it right the first time and have Fun." Any thoughts on this type of motivation in your plants????

I'm pretty judicious in the use of "motivational" signs/slogans for many reasons. For one, you can go into some companies and see the "teamwork", "quality is the most important thing", "safety is everyone's job", etc. slogans posted everywhere but if the company doesn't walk this talk every day the signs become a real joke among the very employees they were intended to motivate or inspire. If the company culture doesn't back it up in the daily real world I think they do more harm than good.

As far as "do it right the first time" I used to believe this was a good idea with no reservations until I learned how many great inventions were the result of NOT doing something right the first time and then got to thinking about how some people might look at this slogan as a reason not to take any risks. Imagine if there were a real serious push to "do it right the first time" in an engineering or R&D area -- would anyone risk doing anything that wasn't a guaranteed success? Do inventions ever work right the first time? So I guess I have only qualified support for this slogan. Food for thought.

"Have fun"? Now that's one I agree with in principal -- in practice it gets hard sometimes.

JMO.

Marcy (mhans),

Back in '97 - '98, the Quality Progress had an article that dealt with fables and internal auditing. They were not that funny but they were thought provoking. I picked 3 of the fables to share with auditors in training (see attached).

Title the plan:-

SALES PREVENTION DEPARTMENT

speaking of fun quality stuffs, did anyone comes across any great movie clips (it can be from any movies) that is related to ISO or QS or TS 16949.

I'm planning to deliver some quality trainings, ie awareness, SPC, IQA, continuous improvement , etc... I'm thinking of incorporating the fun way of learning by showing some familiar video / movie clips (probably from Lords of the rings, Star wars, etc...those movies which are familiar with everyone)...

I believe this will help them to relate things better by watching the clips..

So, anyone can recommend any movie related ?

Quite a few of the 287 Ferengi Rules of Acquisition can be tied to ISO 90011:2000 clauses. The rules come from the Star Trek Deep Space Nine series.

ET following the trail of Reeses Pieces is an example of an auditor gathering objective evidence by following an audit trail.

From the last version of "Sabrina" Linus is told by Sabrina that "sometimes more is not better Linus, it's just more" This can be used when talking about system documentation.

You just need to start watching a bunch of TV and movies. There is a ton of stuff that can be used as examples. I do it all the time.

Randy said:

Quite a few of the 287 Ferengi Rules of Acquisition can be tied to ISO 90011:2000 clauses. The rules come from the Star Trek Deep Space Nine series.



Many of these are VERY funny. I'll attach here and post in the Humor thread.

Thanks Randy!!!

CarolX

A good piece of material was written by Tom Clancy a few years back (it's also kinda relavent for what's happeningf now). The book "The Sum of All Fears" contains one of the best "Product Realization" processes I have ever seen described. Basically what we have is a supplier recognizes a product that can be used by a customer from some residual material that was found. The customer agrees that he can use the product and asks the supplier to manufacture it for him. We go thru identifiying required worker skillsets, materials needed, customer requirements, worker training, verification, validation, delivery, measuring and monitoring, everything to include delivery.

The product by the way is a nuclear device built by Arab Terrorists, but the product is not important, it's the process of making the product that's interesting.

Read the book, check it out yourself.

Randy,

I haven't had a chance to read it (come to think of it, I haven't had time to read a book in a long time...LOL!!), but I did see the movie. And I agree, great example of product realization.

CarolX

The movie did the book a dis-service. I didn't like it!

I am reminded of a poster I saw posted in one company regarding the internal ISO auditors:

"Auditors are like eagles: They swoop down, screech at you, deficate, and fly off.";)

Probably NOT the best way to develop improved auditor/auditee relations.:D

well, actually i am preparing for a presentation / awareness for a group managers. Wonder if anyone could share with me some facilitation games / role-plays for a 1-2 days seminar ?
I believe that incorporating these ideas will make the learning process fun and people can grasp the idea better (from adult learning ;))

Randy said:

The movie did the book a dis-service. I didn't like it!

Same here, Randy... I think the book is very good, but the film was a major disappointment.:(



As for external auditors I heard this version:

They are like seagulls:

They turn up in the morning,
scream at you ,
eat your food,
crap all over the place and
in the evening they head back to wherever they came from and leave you to clear out the mess

/Claes

I like this definition (although originally written for another profession):-

An Auditor is like a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isnt there !

Mike S. said:

I'm pretty judicious in the use of "motivational" signs/slogans for many reasons. For one, you can go into some companies and see the "teamwork", "quality is the most important thing", "safety is everyone's job", etc. slogans posted everywhere but if the company doesn't walk this talk every day the signs become a real joke among the very employees they were intended to motivate or inspire. If the company culture doesn't back it up in the daily real world I think they do more harm than good.....
I've worked in R&D and in Quality, and believe that I have developed an understanding of what "do it first the right time" means in a research environment. It does NOT mean that the first experiment will give the desired outcome. It DOES mean that the experiment followed its plan, the materials were the right ones, the measurements were correct, etc. In essence, that the results are meaningful and useful for drawing conclusions. Or, that you don't have to repeat the experiment because something was screwed up.

Hello Everyone,

Signs and posters are great for any company, but what I feel is most important to make "Quality" expressed is "How" you present it...

Actually showing your employees the importance of quality and making it "fun" and learnable, is the challenge that we all face when dealing with a company that doesn't take Quality seriously, or boring to them.

That's why it's important to show and express to everyone both sides of Quality.. "how serious it is", and "have fun" with it.