very creative idea! 1) could you incorporate the letters "nou" into that type of design? 2) could you try different fonts? more rounded letters to take advantage of the symmetry between the letters n and u 3) can you try different colors on the lettering? we want to emphasize "nou", with less emphasis on "systems" (try lower-case s), and even less emphasis on "inc" (gray, smaller, etc) 4) different separators between analysis, synthesis, insight (dots, dashes, vertical lines, etc
We hope to include you in the final five because we like the graphic, but the rest of the logo really needs to incorporate our previous feedback. You might also try a horizontal option where the graphic is to the left or right of the words. We would like "nou" emphasized and "systems", "INC", and "analysis, synthesis, and insight" to be more subtle (perhaps by use of a lighter color.
The "N" in the graphic is slightly difficult to see. Could the ball be rotated slightly to make it just a bit more obvious?
One other thing....I was thinking of this as a three-dimensional puzzle that we were either assembling or disassembling. Could you make it so that the pieces appear they could fit together pushed? It would be neat if the 3-d puzzle somehow captured "nou".