This episode spotlights the latest ASQ news, member resources, learning opportunities, and upcoming events.
📰 Quality Progress Highlights – AI-ready culture, Quality 5.0 transformation, and modern RCA tools. Read at qualityprogress.com
📜 Certification Update – How to add your ASQ certifications to your Career Center profile.
💬 myASQ Hot Topics – Join 2025’s top discussions on QMS, SOPs, Lean Six Sigma, and DEI at my.asq.org.
🎁 Member Gift – Upskilling for Quality 4.0 & 5.0 bundle for AI, leadership, and digital skills.
📚 Learning Library – Explore 20+ on-demand courses at asq.org/learning.
💡 Renew or Join – Keep your benefits active at asq.org/join.
🗳️ Member Satisfaction Survey – Share feedback by Nov 14 → members.asq.org.
👩💻 Women in Quality Symposium (Dec 4) – Register at asq.org/events.
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Driven by AI, automation, and digitalization, the rules of quality are being entirely reshaped. The data is clear: professionals who rely solely on traditional methods risk disruption.
This era demands collaboration between humans and intelligent systems and a focus on ethical, human-centered outcomes.
In this episode, we show you how to become the "upskilled AI/ML quality professional." We cover the technical fluency needed—from Prompt Engineering and Digital Twins—and the vital human skills like Analytical Thinking and Agility.
In this episode, Jenny Chu unpacks highlights from ASQ’s 2025 Pulse Survey—revealing why personal growth tops pay as the main driver for upskilling, the skills quality pros say they need most, and how AI is beginning to reshape quality roles.
Hear what’s motivating professionals, what’s holding them back, and what’s ahead in the full ASQ Salary Survey.
Resources & Links Mentioned
📖 Evolving With Intention: ASQ Pulse Survey results show what quality professionals are doing to untangle career challenges — Read the article in Quality Progress (July 2025 issue)
👤 Connect with Jenny Chu on LinkedIn
💼 Explore opportunities in the ASQ Career Center
🌐 Not a member yet? Join ASQ today to access career resources, surveys, and a global network of quality professionals.
The episode explores how AI is transforming quality, highlighting current impacts like AI-powered test automation, computer vision for manufacturing defect detection, and AI-driven document quality control that boost efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
It forecasts near-term advances including autonomous testing, NLP-generated test scripts, self-healing tests, and edge AI integrated with robotics for real-time inspection and correction on factory floors.
The discussion concludes that AI is shifting QA from manual, repetitive work to higher-value, strategic roles focused on reliability, user experience, and continuous delivery.
How is the modern workplace reshaping leadership and teamwork?
In this episode of All Things Quality, we explore insights from the article Three Transformative Workplace Trends Reshaping Leadership and Teamwork, featured in Quality Progress.
Our guest speaker, Natalia Brattan, unpacks the three key trends every quality professional should be watching:
We look at what this means for collaboration, innovation, and long-term success—and how you can prepare your organization to thrive in a fast-changing environment.
Whether you lead a team or are part of one, this conversation will give you practical strategies and fresh perspective on navigating today’s workplace transformations.
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In this AI-assisted episode, listen into a lively discussion … exploring seven technological innovations that can radically enhance transparency and veracity, helping to overcome challenges like "audit fatigue" and rising costs.
For more on this topic, check the Quality Progress article -
"7 Technological Innovations That Can Change the Way You Audit."
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Welcome to ASQ's new Podcast "All Things Quality" where we leverage AI technology, and tap into Subject Matter Experts from around the world, to provide you with deep dives into hot topics in quality.
In this episode, we'll explore the 8D Problem-Solving Approach.
You'll learn how to form an effective problem-solving team, use tools like Ishikawa diagrams and the Five Whys for root cause analysis, and ultimately, how to implement permanent corrective actions, ensuring quality and efficiency in your processes.
To learn more about this process, check out the Quality Progress article "It's All in the Approach: An 8D-Based Process for Problem Solving."
Discover a powerful revamp of the traditional fishbone diagram for digital transformation.
Originally a tool for root cause analysis, this diagram has been adapted to assess an organization's current state and drive digital change by replacing traditional categories with those essential for the digital age.
Tune in to learn how this customized tool pinpoints digital strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities, and provides a structured roadmap for digital maturity.
This episode is based on the article "Land big returns with a revamped fishbone diagram customized for Quality 4.0 and the digital age" by Darshi Bassi and Marissa Gentling in Quality Progress magazine.
In this episode, we're looking at Artificial Intelligence and its application in quality management.
We're joined by Jayet Moon, author of ASQ's new book, "Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals," a straightforward guide designed for quality professionals.
We'll discuss how AI fits into quality work, including how tools like ChatGPT can be part of a quality professional's toolkit.
Jayet addresses common questions like how to handle data overload and compliance pressures with AI. He also shares practical examples, such as using AI to help create FMEAs and audit reports, and explains how AI can act as a "digital assistant that speaks quality language," making expertise more efficient.
To learn much more about this topic and stay ahead of the curve, get your copy of his recently published book through ASQ!
Welcome to ASQ's new Podcast "All Things Quality" where we leverage AI technology, and tap into Subject Matter Experts from around the world, to provide you with deep dives into ASQ, including hot topics in quality, resources and benefits, and news impacting quality from around the world.
In this episode listen into a lively discussion exploring the benefits of ASQ membership, including access to a vast library of quality resources and a global community for networking and problem-solving.
You’ll also learn a bit about ASQ's rich history, from its beginnings in 1946, to its evolution into a global leader empowering excellence across industries today.
