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Robotic Process Automation: The Gateway to Process Improvement
The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco took a grassroots approach in building its robotic process automation (RPA) Center of Excellence, starting slowly with ad-hoc get…
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Emotional Connection and Influencing Change
Building on Bill Benjamin's framework of the Science of Emotional Intelligence, this presentation explores powerful new concepts, applications, and strategies that improves…
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How to Be an Influencer: What It Takes to Shape Organizational Culture
In the face of disruptions like COVID-19 and trends like the Great Resignation, the stakes of culture are higher than ever for organizations. Outdated mindsets threaten…
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Business stakeholders often underestimate the amount of time, labor, and other resources that it takes to implement robotic process automation (RPA) effectively. At APQC's…
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Creating Value in Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is a hot topic in today’s financial news, but M&A is a tricky growth strategy with a high failure rate. At APQC's 2022 Process and Knowledge…
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As organizations seek to thrive through chaos and change, emotional intelligence is quickly becoming one of the most in-demand skillsets. Emotional intelligence is the…
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A Conversation About Knowledge Management and Organizational Culture
Organizational culture is a determining factor of KM success. Some cultures block the flow of knowledge by encouraging secrecy, stoking internal rivalries, emphasizing…
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Live Future Ready with Scenario Planning
In an uncertain and unpredictable world, disruptions to business as usual—whether good or bad—can come at any time. While no organization or finance professional can predict…
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Value Stream Mapping with the Vanguard Group
In The Vanguard Group’s old state, it was operating in business silos. It was a very inefficient process which led to multiple handoffs; a staggering 45 percent of work was…
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When digital transformation initiatives fail to deliver value to an organization, leaders rightly wonder whether the time and resources devoted to these efforts are well…
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Being Agile: Adapting Design Processes
Many companies are embracing Agile, a project management paradigm that stresses iteration, collaboration, self-organization, and customer centricity. However, people are…
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Let's Get Intentional About Accelerating and Sustaining Process Improvement Behavior Change
Behavior change is a critical success factor for process improvement initiatives, but for Paul Fjelsta, far too many organizations go about the work of behavior change in the…
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Influencing Change through Process Visualization
In The Vanguard Group’s old state, it was operating in business silos. It was a very inefficient process which led to multiple handoffs; a staggering 45 percent of work was…
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Behavior change is a critical success factor for process improvement initiatives, but for Paul Fjelsta, far too many organizations go about the work of behavior change in the…
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Digital Process Transformation: A Value-Driven Approach
When digital transformation initiatives fail to deliver value to an organization, leaders rightly wonder whether the time and resources devoted to these efforts are well…