The uncertainty that comes with change is a debilitating fear in many firms. Intimidated by the thought of straying from the tried and true, those who are hired to lead often fall short as they grow comfortable with mediocre, secure process methods.

During the last couple of weeks we have been hearing the story of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater, who became an overnight celebrity for his dramatic exit down a plane’s emergency slide.

(BSI: Reston, VA) -- The British Standards Institution (BSI) announces its next webinar, “The Value of an Environmental Management System,” which will be held Sept. 9 at 1 p.m. EDT.

(Aven Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Three new color cameras from Aven Inc. can upgrade any microscope with one-click image capture and storage capability. The scientific-grade imaging systems include software with extensive options for user-defined processing, measurement, and analysis.

(MasterControl Inc: Salt Lake City) -- MasterControl Inc., a global provider of software solutions that enable regulated companies to get their products to market faster while reducing overall costs and increasing internal efficiency, has announced that its software solution suite is now availab

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Like quality, social responsibility is an ideal, and ideals change.

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(Harvard SEAS: Cambridge, MA; University of Leeds: Leeds, UK) --  A collaborative team of applied scientists from Harvard University and the University of Leeds have demonstrated a new terahertz (THz) semiconductor laser that emits beams with a much smaller divergence than conventional THz laser

(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has introduced the In-Sight 5605, a high-resolution, self-contained, flexible vision system for applications that require visualization of very small defects, even in a large field of view.

Complexity can be thought of as the level of difficulty in solving mathematically presented problems.