(North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC) -- Researchers have long held that there are steps that can be taken to make brainstorming sessions more productive.

Systems thinking requires a massive change in the way organizations design and manage work. Old thinking must be flushed out so that new and better thinking can replace it.

(Plex Systems: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Plex Systems Inc., provider of the No.

(L.S. Starrett Co.: Athol, MA) -- The L.S. Starrett Co.

(IQware: Cleveland) -- According to globally recognized futurist and innovation expert David Croslin, few circumstances drive innovation faster than being in a state of war. The U.S. health care system is now in a state of war.

(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers presents the Aerospace Measurement, Inspection & Analysis Conference at the Gaylord Palms Hotel & Convention Center in Kissimmee,

(PPT VISION: Bloomington, MN) — PPT VISION Inc. announces a significant breakthrough in vision system technology and capabilities with its just-released IMPACT M-Series Embedded Vision System.

(QuEST Forum: Plano, TX) -- QuEST Forum unveiled its second report in a series on the state of communications quality at the 2010 Americas Best Practices Conference, Sept. 21–22 in Atlanta.

I attended a talk in 2006 given by a world leader in quality that contained a bar graph summary ranking 21 U.S. counties from best to worst (see figure 1).