When was the last time you as a quality professional saw a major failure in implementing decisions? What about in project or process management? Such disasters can have devastating consequences for high-flying careers and successful companies.

Dell is doing it. MasterCard, too. Even universities, not exactly bastions of social media influence, are embracing it.

With the advent of the internet, cloud, and electronic workflows, what is the future of documented management systems? Do we continue with a structure of quality manual, processes, work instructions, and forms and checklists?

The company Grace Science was born through an inversion of the normal business sequence.

No matter where you’re located, you might think that Schneider Electric is a native company. It’s an easy assumption to make.

It’s often difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when things change, but it usually happens faster than one imagines. Old technology gets replaced by new innovations; first by early adopters, and then, suddenly, by everyone.

According to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every year 48 million people in the United States get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from

Productivity matters. It matters a lot. Yet it often seems that folks talk about productivity but don’t do anything about it.

It’s the time of year when many leaders find themselves consumed by the business planning process.

What good is it?