Scott Paton

Pres./Sr. Consultant

Paton Professional

Scott Paton is the president and CEO of Certus Professional Certification  and the president of Paton Professional. He’s the former editor and publisher of Quality Digest, and now serves as editor at large.

 

 

Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:04
Customer Service? An open letter to Corporate America’s customer service departments
Fri, 10/03/2008 - 16:15
If you’re like me, you probably call the customer service department at several major companies a few times a month. Even though I have the ominous title of “Quality Curmudgeon,” I don’t really complain as much as you might expect. My calls to…
It’s the Process, Stupid! Quality professionals are all about the process. Why can’t everyone else be, too?
Sat, 08/30/2008 - 18:28
Quality professionals obsess about processes. We are so focused on processes that we sometimes forget that people who aren’t directly involved in quality don’t understand the importance of them. When we see process failure or processes that don’t…
Energy Crisis or Opportunity? We need a mandate to end our dependence on oil.
Fri, 08/01/2008 - 10:28
As of this writing (mid-July 2008) gasoline at my local Chevron station is selling at $4.57 per gallon; rows of giant SUVs sit unsold at the local car dealers; my home energy bill for month of June was $527; airlines are parking jets, dropping…