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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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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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Simulation Modeling at the Port of Vancouver
Simulation modeling provides a risk-free, cost efficient mean of examining the operation of complex processes and test improvement ideas before they are implemented. During a…
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Cherwell Software needed a program to streamline manual and sometimes duplicative processes in place to convert a prospect to a customer. This overview describes Cherwell’s…
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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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How to Get the Best Out of People
To get the best of people, organizations need to reinvent talent strategies and approaches. During her presentation at APQC’s Process and Performance Management Conference,…
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Enabling People for Sustainable Process Work
At its core, process management is the administrative activities aimed at (1) defining a process, (2) establishing responsibilities, (3) evaluating process performance, and …
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This article is a summary of an APQC conversation in August 2019 with supplier relationship experts Kate Vitasek, Bonnie Keith, and Emmanuel Cambresy. The panel discussion…
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In July 2019, APQC spoke with Jane Walton—organizational development expert, public speaker, and author often described as the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” of leadership advising—about…
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Applying Agile in Knowledge Management
Agile—a project management paradigm that stresses iteration, collaboration, self-organization, and customer-centricity—is taking the business world by storm. In this article,…
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Being data-driven is a key characteristic of an effective data and analytics program and involves using well-researched, empirical evidence to make objective decisions. This…
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Organizations have shifted their focus in recent years to rely on data to drive their decision making, which helps improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their business…
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According to APQC’s research, approximately three-fourths of organizations are undergoing a digital transformation. However, executing an effective transformation is often…
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Drivers of Analytics Program Effectiveness
To better understand which levers analytics teams need to focus on, we conducted a correlation analysis on data from the Trends in Data and Analytics survey. This article…
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Analytics Engagement Tactics
Based on data from APQC’s 2019 Trends in Data Analytics survey, this article discusses the top drivers for engagement and effectiveness, including practices that are…
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