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The Baldrige Program oversees the nation's only Presidential award for performance excellence while offering a wide array of award-winning products and services, including the world-renowned Baldrige Excellence Framework. We invite you to learn about the Baldrige community dedicated to helping organizations improve.
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MESA: A Most Excellent Quest Continues
Inscribed on the Baldrige Award medallion are the words “The Quest for Excellence.” Besides being the name of the Baldrige national conference that highlights winning organizations, those words have real meaning. Organizations that use the Baldrige Excellence Framework and its Criteria—whether for self-assessment or to apply for an award at state/local or national levels—are on true quests
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Just for Fun
A little enjoyment is always important. I recently read a blog post entitled 15 Facts That Will Make You Laugh. A few of those facts are: There is a Welch town
A Career in Industry and Baldrige
In an earlier blog, I introduced you to Arnie Weimerskirch, a former VP of corporate quality at Honeywell and the former chair of the Baldrige Judges Panel. I
Baldrige Keynoter Highlights an American Industry and Opportunity
During the Quest for Excellence® Conference earlier this month, Michael (“Mike”) Koralewski, chief supply chain officer of First Solar, delivered a keynote
Maximize Flow for Your Organization’s Long-Term Success
“Every organization has countless opportunities for improvement, but only a few points—what we call constraints or bottlenecks—govern the pace and performance
“Our Reach Is Much Greater Together”: Happy 20th to the Alliance!
An emerald symbolizes a 20th anniversary. The gem is said to represent unity, prosperity, authority, growth, and well-being—characteristics that could also
Make Innovation in Your Organization "Ordinary and Accessible"
José Pires, founder and CEO of Global Excellence & Innovation, has helped large and small organizations across multiple industries to transform their leadership
Insights on Adopting AI from an Innovation Expert
With the right approach, artificial intelligence “isn’t just a tool.” It can be “a real-time decision-making partner”—one that “empowers the workforce, making
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
100% satisfaction guaranteed. A simple statement. Easy to understand. But…. My story begins with Hurricane Milton, one of two tragic hurricanes to hit the west
Boost Innovation in Your Work—by Thinking Like a Poet
Tucker Bryant is a Stanford-educated poet and entrepreneur. He’s also a former employee of technology behemoth Google, where he used his creative perspective to
More Reasons to Apply to Be a 2025 Baldrige Examiner
In a blog last week, I provided a multitude of reasons to apply to be a 2025 Baldrige examiner®. The benefits of serving in this volunteer role were conveyed by
Why Apply to Be a 2025 Baldrige Examiner?
IYKYK. * But if you don’t know why it’s beneficial to be a Baldrige examiner®, I invite you to find out what experienced Baldrige examiners have discovered
Teams and the Magic Three
A recent Inc.com blog post by Jessica Stillman discusses Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, Revenge of the Tipping Point. The thesis of the blog post and a theme in
