Session: Continuous Improvement Date: Thursday, October 2  Title: Improving Quality Through Movement     Author(s): Chad Estes, Managing Partner, ETM Consultants cestes@etmconsultants.com     Description: Many companies today have implemented Total Quality Management, Lean Manufacturing, as well as Six Sigma in order to streamline their organizational processes. Taking action towards enhancing and refining human movement will enable companies to further fine-tune these efforts, moving employees from cogs in a wheel to cornerstones of success. This work is based on cutting edge neuroscientific (brain) research. This research has shown that the human brain and nervous system actually has the capacity to change, grow, and to be modified. What this means is that through movement, radical improvements in cognitive functioning - how we learn, think, perceive, and remember - are possible at any age When learning occurs in a way consistent with the laws that govern brain plasticity, the mental machinery of the brain can be improved so that we work, learn, and perceive with greater precision, speed, and retention. Utilizing movement and awareness of self as the main tools of communication with the brain and nervous system, change can begin happening at a very rapid pace.     Author Bio(s): Chad Estes Managing Partner ETM Consultants Chad Estes is a certified Physical Educator, Anat Baniel Method and Feldenkrais Method practitioner, as well as a certified personal trainer and Russian Kettlebell instructor. Chad has expertise in the treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders, ergonomics, and strength and conditioning. With over 12+ years in the health care arena, he has worked in the areas of ergonomics, disease prevention, and education, with a special interest in cutting edge neuroscientific (brain) research. As Principal for ETM Consultants, Chad has been integrally involved in all aspects of project management and corporate development including: corporate launching of services (evaluation of human to environment interface, consulting, seminars, computer based training, etc.), marketing, and client relations. Beyond his professional education, he has recently completed a 3+ year training and certification of both the Anat Baniel Method and Feldenkrais Method of somatic education.