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Getting People to Actually Like Virtual Collaboration
What are the biggest disconnects between how people currently work and how they want to work, and what can organizations do to improve the future of work for everyone? This fall, APQC surveyed more than 1,000 people about their current work experiences and what changes would make them happier and…
How Can Big Companies Keep Millennials From Leaving?
The days of staying at a company until retirement is now a foreign concept to many people—most of all, millennials. We know that millennials are more likely than any previous generation to switch jobs and that six in 10 millennials are open to new job opportunities. This is a great cause of…
Surprise! Women and Men Have Different Workplace Preferences
In my not so recent past, I was a divorced single mother, working full-time, and going part-time to a local state university for my Ph.D. That was hard. The word that I used for my life during those days was satisficing – It generally means you do the minimum on all fronts to get by. Today,…
APQC takes on KMWorld 2016!
Countdown is on! I will be attending KMWorld 2016 November 14-17in Washington DC, and I’m bringing along 4 of my APQC colleagues – Darcy, Lauren, Zakiya, and Jennifer. Jane Dysart and her group put on a wonderful week and we get to be part of that in a big way! We will be supporting the KMWorld…
Skeptics Beware: Communities of Practice Are the Real Deal
I read on Facebook that October 13 is International Skeptics Day. Or is it? If you’re like me, you’ve probably learned to view a lot of what you see on social media with a skeptical eye. You figured out a long time ago that just about anyone can create a meme designed to convince you that…
Amazon Prime’s Random Approach To Productivity
Amazon. The Behemoth of Booksellers. The Disruptor of Retail. The Patron Saint of the US Postal Service (their Prime saved USPS’s bacon). Amazon. The Paragon of Predictive Analytics. The Role Model of Recommendation Systems. Given Amazon’s obsession with data and…
3 Surprising Knowledge Management Workspace Trends
It feels like I can’t open a browser these days without encountering a sweeping statement about the future of work. A lot of the headlines are intentionally over the top, from robots coming to take your job to Millennials not wanting to work. But beyond the clickbait, people’s relationship to work…
The Procrastination Situation
Today, September 6, is Fight Procrastination Day. About a week ago, I decided this would be a great topic for a blog post. But then Labor Day weekend came and went, and this morning found me sitting at my desk, typing furiously, finally putting down all the thoughts that have been bubbling in my…
Virtual Reality Needs to Go Social to Benefit KM
Driving a Rover on Mars? Touring Valen's Reef in the Bird’s Head Seascape international preserve? Reliving Hurricane Sandy as the waters rose? I had a chance to experience all three of these in virtual reality (VR) at the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival. All three experiences would have been…
Is Your Knowledge Management Mentoring Program Meeting Its Goals?
4 Reasons Business Mentoring Matters Regardless of what business purpose an organization pursues through mentoring, it must evaluate its program in order to determine whether it is achieving its goals. APQC’s Workplace Mentoring best practices report,* which highlights mentoring program…