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It’s going to take more than traditional productivity for organizations to thrive in the post-Covid 21st century. Customers, employees, investors, and our communities are now more than ever asking us to consider other “big picture” societal and environmental outcomes we produce.

What is Digital Transformation? For the sake of this article, I will define the term by the two words that compose “digital transformation”: Digital and Transformation.

Employees have been complaining about painful and pointless meetings for decades. Now that most of us are engaging in hybrid virtual meetings (where some people gather in a conference room and others join in remotely), those complaints are multiplying and growing louder. Why?

Employees waste a lot of time looking for stuff. It can be hard to quantify, but most of us are aware of this uncomfortable truth.

APQC is small in terms of our physical footprint and number of employees. We deliver services; we have no products that require manufacturing or shipping. So how can we be more sustainable?

Corporate strategy is how organizations assess their capabilities and business environment, determine what’s important to them, set meaningful goals, and develop a roadmap on how to achieve success.

Over the past year, hiring activity has slowed dramatically for some organizations while it has significantly ramped up for others. Still, all organizations should be measuring and benchmarking recruiting. 

A good content management process will not have long-term success without alignment to and integration in business processes and a governance that ensures accountability and adherence to processes and policies. 

About a month ago we discussed the need for organizations to reassess their strategic planning process 

It’s hard to believe, but March 2021 marks more than one year since the pandemic hit the U.S. in full force.