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After years of nearly constant change and disruption, it’s not surprising that many employees are beginning to feel burned out by the very idea of more change. Which makes…
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Avoiding Icebergs: Leadership’s Role in Driving Change
Change means something different to different people. Some find it exhilarating, while others are intimidated, and more sit back to watch change unfold with a skeptical “wait…
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Effective Change Management Practices: Survey Report
At its core, change management is the act of proactively managing change and minimizing the resistance to organizational change through a set of structured processes or set…
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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are pricey endeavors that can result in enormous benefits. However, organizations struggle with ensuring the integration of the two…
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Managing Mergers and Acquisitions Integrations
Since early 2021 mergers & acquisition deals have been on the rise. 2021 saw $5.1 trillion in M&A transactions. Though the price of these deals is also on the rise, the…
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Managing Mergers and Acquisitions Survey Report
Most merger & acquisition (M&A) deals tend to fall apart in the integration phase. Whether it’s underestimating the costs of integrations, setting unrealistic timelines,…
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How Knowledge Management Affects Employee Productivity
In 2021, APQC surveyed 982 full-time knowledge workers to understand how employees define productivity, what factors make them more and less productive, and what…
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Process Interventions for Better Productivity
Too often, the word “productivity” conjures images of manufacturing floors, e-commerce warehouses, or the Toyota Production System. Efficiency (often measured as throughput)…
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4 Ways to Stop Ineffective Meetings
This infographic reviews four ways to stop ineffective meetings, one of the biggest time wasters APQC found in a recent research project on knowledge and process productivity…
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Stop Wasting 10% of Knowledge Workers' Time
This infographic reviews four key actions that organizations can take to fix findability problems. Knowledge workers whose organizations have taken these steps are…
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Understanding Sustainability Programs Survey Report
Environment is touted as the next big disruptor organizations should prepare for. In October 2021, APQC conducted a survey to understand the scope of sustainability in…
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Best Practices for Establishing a Project Management Office
A project management office (PMO) is a standardized management structure that provides governance, processes, and shared resources such as methodologies, tools, and…
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Productivity is a Well-Balanced Meal
APQC conducted a survey to explore the current state of productivity from the perspective of full-time knowledge workers. This infographic looks at the definition of and…
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Knowledge workers’ face broken, ad hoc, and inefficient processes which result in wasted time, creativity, job satisfaction, and poor quality. APQC surveyed knowledge workers…
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Fixing Process & Knowledge Productivity Problems: Survey Report
Wasted time, duplicated work, and inefficient processes chip away at an organization’s bottom line. Small inefficiencies add up—and they can hurt innovation and competitive…
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