ASQ Boulder 2024-Feb-22 Section Web Meeting

Topic: "Big Q" University
Cost: Free
Note: Thursday 5:45pm to 7:30pm US-MT meeting
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5:45 pm Web Conference Start: Networking, Welcome and Section Business
6:00 pm Presentation

• Speaker: John Blankensop "International Man of Quality"
• Topic: Big Q" Quality Management - Promoting a Culture that Achieves Sustained Success
• NOTE; Recording and Slide only access via ASQ Nation Membership
• Slides available via Request to Arnold Miller (ASQ Boulder Program Person) email: AMiller@memberleader.asq.org
• Presentation Recording at https://my.asq.org/viewdocument/2024-02meeting-big-q-quality-mngt-v
  • Voice quality - a little choppy; Slide quality - excellent
• Presentation Slides at https://my.asq.org/viewdocument/2024-02meeting-big-q-quality-mngt-s
• Abstract:
  •  An organization focused on "Big Q" Quality promotes a CULTURE that results in beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, habits, activities, and processes that deliver value to its relevant interested parties thus achieving sustained success.
  • This presentation further explores this premise of "Big Q" Quality Management and looks at current cultural contextual issues regarding the fundamental cultural principles of leadership and engagement of people.
  • In addition, we will explore the key tenets of "Big Q" Quality Management cultural transformation of an organization and formal monitoring and evaluation closed looped feedback systems for determining current cultural contextual issues within an organization and actions required to address these issues.
  • This presentation will close with a review of possible best practice actions that can be taken by an organization to improve the cultural maturity levels of leadership and engagement of people required to promote a "Big Q" Quality Management transformation that achieves sustained success.
• BIo: John Blankensop
  • John’s career, now spanning more than 40 years, is comprised of practical hands-on experiences with industry leading organizations resulting in a vast body of quality management knowledge and demonstrated value across a diverse mix of industries.
  • His areas of quality management expertise include quality leadership development, employee training and engagement, strategic quality planning, quality management system (QMS) development, implementation and continuous improvement, advanced product quality planning, process effectiveness management, quality performance evaluation and improvement (customer quality, internal quality, supplier quality), internal QMS auditing, management review planning / execution and corrective action / continuous improvement management.
  • John has a BS degree in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering from Parks Aviation College of St. Louis University and an MBA degree in Gov’t Acquisition and Contract Management from the University of Dallas.
  • He is a licensed FAA Aircraft Mechanic and an IAQG/Probitas authenticated aerospace QMS 3rd party certification Lead Auditor (AIEA) for the aviation, space, and defense industry’s AS9100, AS9110 & AS9120 QMS requirements standards.
  • John is a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and a past ASQ Section Chair (Harrisburg, PA ASQ Section 0503).
  • He is an ASQ Certified Manager of Quality & Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE), Quality Engineer (CQE) and Quality Auditor (CQA).
  • John actively shares his quality management knowledge and experiences within the quality community of practice through public speaking engagements at various professional conferences such as the Measurement Sciences Conference Training Symposium in MAR 2023 - "Quality Basics for Success”, the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement in May 2023 - "Impactful Leadership for Quality", and the ASQ Quality Innovations Summit in SEP 2023 - "Essential Leadership for Quality Innovation."  
  • He has also been chosen by ASQ to present at the WCQI 2024 in San Diego - "Transforming the Quality Mind-Set of Leadership".
  • He is also the content creator of a YouTube Channel and LinkedIn Newsletter Called "Big Q" University, a Quality Management knowledge sharing series where he posts biweekly Big Q Univ.
  • Knowledge Nugget video presentations aimed at educating, empowering and inspiring others to improve their context and achieve sustained success.
• References:
  • Linked:  "Big Q Univ" newsletter 
  • YouTube: Big Q University - YouTube

7:15 pm After Presentation Networking
7:30 pm Web Conference End: meeting over
Place: Web Conference Webex

• Meeting link:  https://asq.webex.com/asq/j.php?MTID=m35f84dcfe54c39bc8f4eeef7d88591d2
• Meeting number: 2558 969 6614
• Password: hMAMJDhV674

Meeting also posted on ASQ Boulder Meetup's 22 Feb 2024 meeting