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The Houston Texans are a popular NFL team, particularly among employees that reside in Houston, TX. As part of a long-standing employee engagement initiative, APQC held a Texans tailgating party so that employees could spend time networking with one another and share in a common interest.

This Tuesday, September 17, APQC and the Project Management Institute (PMI) will be hosting a Webinar on the findings from the recent best practices study Open Innovation: Enhancing Idea Generation Through Collaboration.

In conjunction with the release of our Strategic HR Partnerships Best Practices Report, APQC is conducting a series of interviews with thought leaders on the topic of strategic HR business partners.

APQC launched the Open Innovation: Enhancing Idea Generation Through Collaboration study to examine the open innovation practices of five leading global organizations: Amway, British Telecommunications plc (BT), Cisco Systems Inc., Corning Inc., and General Mills Inc

APQC recently interviewed Janne Ohtonen about focusing on the customer when doing process improvement. Janne Ohtonen is a Business Process and Customer Experience Management trainer, consultant, speaker, expert & coach with over ten years of international experience. He blogs at BPMLeader.com.

HR data has been in the news a lot lately. In particular, the topic of big data in HR is being debated in HR publications, on HR blogs, at HR conferences, etc. Take a look at these headlines from just the past month.

In the wake of Forbes’ report on the profitability of the Houston Astros, team owner Jim Crane released a statement avowing that the team’s management is fiscally responsible (this despite soaring profits accompanied by the

Heather Stagl, founder of Enclaria, discusses how to battle the 'Status Quo' when initiating change, how to reignite the process for change, and why change management projects aren't always measured properly. You can follow Heather on Twitter at @enclaria and read her blog at Enclaria.com.
 

While attending site visits for APQC’s “Transferring and Applying Critical Knowledge” study, I’ve been thinking about how KM is practiced in scientific, technical, and engineering organizations vs. other types of firms. Obviously the types of content and expertise being shared are different, but I think there may be some unique elements in how technical employees want to capture, share, and access knowledge compared to—say—consultants or HR staff.

At some point in your working life, you will likely ask yourself the following questions: Where will the next “Big Idea” for my business come from? How will it help my organization?  What will its impact be on my organization’s future competitive position?