Willy Vandenbrande

Willy Vandenbrande has been working in the field of Quality Management for over 35 years; first as a quality manager and later as a consultant. In 1995 he founded QS Consult, a European consulting agency that assists organizations in various aspects of Quality Management. Today he is focusing on spreading his thoughts on quality through publications and presentations. His main topics are sustainability, the future of quality, and face-to-face service quality.

Willy has delivered many presentations at international conferences (WCQI, EOQ, IAQ) and has written numerous articles on Quality Management. His thought-provoking speeches are very much liked by audiences all over the globe.

Willy holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Total Quality Management. He holds a Six Sigma Black Belt Certification from the American Society for Quality (ASQ). Willy is an ASQ Fellow and an Academician of the International Academy for Quality (IAQ). Within IAQ he is the chair of the Quality in Planet Earth Concerns Think Tank. In 2019 he was awarded the ASQ E. Jack Lancaster Medal for outstanding leadership in promoting quality worldwide. 

For more information, email [email protected] or find him on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/willyvandenbrande.

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Best For The World: Holistic Quality Leadership

Through improvement methods like Lean Six Sigma, root cause analysis and so many others, quality has already made a large contribution to making organizations more sustainable.
Willy Vandenbrande
August 25, 2024

This article will demonstrate that our current approach to sustainable development is not viable for our finite and vulnerable planet. We need a new definition and an approach that focuses on the quality of all life in order to ensure a successful long-term future for organizations and society as a whole.


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