With 1650 delegates from 72 countries attending, this year's ISQua conference was a chance to find out about pioneering improvement work happening across the world in the areas of technology, culture and co-production.

Find out more about our five principles for working across local systems to develop shared improvement approaches.

Q member Dan Harley discusses how systems thinking can help QI practitioners to tackle ‘wicked problems’, reflecting on his experience studying an MSc in Systems Thinking in Practice at the Open University.

Miles Sibley describes a Q-funded project to develop the UK’s first-ever digital library of patient experience evidence with the potential to become a powerful new force in tackling health inequality.

At this year’s Q community event on 16 and 17 October, members from across the UK and Ireland will gather together over two half days to reflect on the past year’s achievements, learn, and share ideas for fresh collaborations.

Bethan Phillips, analyst at Social Finance, reflects on our current relationship with death and dying and how we could change it as a system moving forward. Social Finance are holding a Q webinar on the 28 September to continue the conversation around how we might reimagine death and dying.

‘What if you could send a message to 100, 1000, or perhaps even 10,000 people?’ asks Q’s community convenor Joriam Ramos as he looks at the potential of social media for health and care improvement.

Q Community Convener, Maria Dorthea Skov shares some recent highlights from Q’s Special Interest Group activities and upcoming events for you to get involved with.

As a way of sharing some of the learning and QI tools emerging from the Supporting Q Connections programme, Julia Wood reflects on the Joy in Work Special Interest Group which looks at how to use QI tools to bring more enjoyment to the work day.