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David M. Williams, PhD is an internationally respected scholar-practitioner of the Science of Improvement. With 25 years of experience in improvement, he has worked with leaders and teams worldwide to develop people’s abilities to make rigorous, results-driven improvements and adopt quality as an organizational strategy. Dr. Williams coauthored Quality as an Organizational Strategy: Building a System of Improvement. His writing on improvement is also found in many books and published papers. Dr. Williams is a former chief quality officer, consultant, and senior leader at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He is a lead faculty in IHI's Improvement Advisor Professional Development Program and developed and led IHI's Chief Quality Officer program. He created the Mr. Potato Head and Coin Spin PDSA exercises, which are used worldwide to teach PDSA testing and measurement for improvement.
Dr. Williams is a former city paramedic and a subject matter expert on ambulance service system design.
Contact [email protected] if you have any questions about claiming credit.
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David M. Williams, PhD is an internationally respected scholar-practitioner of the Science of Improvement. With 25 years of experience in improvement, he has worked with leaders and teams worldwide to develop people’s abilities to make rigorous, results-driven improvements and adopt quality as an organizational strategy. Dr. Williams coauthored Quality as an Organizational Strategy: Building a System of Improvement. His writing on improvement is also found in many books and published papers. Dr. Williams is a former chief quality officer, consultant, and senior leader at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He is a lead faculty in IHI's Improvement Advisor Professional Development Program and developed and led IHI's Chief Quality Officer program. He created the Mr. Potato Head and Coin Spin PDSA exercises, which are used worldwide to teach PDSA testing and measurement for improvement.
Dr. Williams is a former city paramedic and a subject matter expert on ambulance service system design.
Contact [email protected] if you have any questions about claiming credit.

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