APQC Podcasts

Eighty-nine percent of respondents to an APQC survey said their organizations use mentoring to help employees develop skills and competencies. They also ranked mentoring among the top two approaches to accelerate learning and development, with 59 percent rating it as effective or very effective. In this podcast, research program managers Elissa Tucker and Lauren Trees address audience questions from their March 2016 joint KM/HCM webinar “Workplace Mentoring for Technical and Nontechnical Audiences.

Continuous improvement is an important practice finance executives need to pursue to maintain high productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. In this APQC podcast, Mary Driscoll, Senior Research Fellow, Financial Management speaks on the latest trends in fixing finance.

Continuous improvement is an important practice finance executives need to pursue to maintain high productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. In this APQC podcast, Mary Driscoll, Senior Research Fellow, Financial Management speaks on the latest trends in fixing finance.

Organizations are increasingly interested in making design-to-cost an integral part of their product development process. In November 2015, APQC conducted research on the shift to a product development approach focused on design-to-cost. During this podcast, APQC's Andrea Stroud discusses highlights from the research findings.

For more detailed information on this research, see the Effectively Setting Product and Component Cost Targets and Designing to Them whitepaper.

Organizations are increasingly interested in making design-to-cost an integral part of their product development process. In November 2015, APQC conducted research on the shift to a product development approach focused on design-to-cost. During this podcast, APQC's Andrea Stroud discusses highlights from the research findings.

For more detailed information on this research, see the Effectively Setting Product and Component Cost Targets and Designing to Them whitepaper.

In the March 2016 Process and Performance Management podcast, APQC research specialist Michael Sims talks with research services process and performance management program manager Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland about data and analytics: why are some organizations still hesitant about embracing analytics and what are the big analytics research topics APQC will be addressing in 2016. 

For more information on analytics and process and performance management follow Michael @MSIMS_APQC and Holly @hlykehogland on Twitter.

In the March 2016 Process and Performance Management podcast, APQC research specialist Michael Sims talks with research services process and performance management program manager Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland about data and analytics: why are some organizations still hesitant about embracing analytics and what are the big analytics research topics APQC will be addressing in 2016. 

For more information on analytics and process and performance management follow Michael @MSIMS_APQC and Holly @hlykehogland on Twitter.

APQC CEO Carla O’Dell talked with Louis Richardson as part of the “Big Thinkers, Big Ideas” interview series. An IBM storyteller and enthusiast, Richardson meets with clients and partners worldwide and shares how “social smarter work” can deliver real business results. With more than 30 years of experience in the collaboration and document management industry, he has served in sales, support, consulting, and document production management positions. From this perspective, Richardson shared with O’Dell how he has seen knowledge and information management approaches change, and most rapidly in the past several years.

APQC CEO Carla O’Dell talked with Louis Richardson as part of the “Big Thinkers, Big Ideas” interview series. An IBM storyteller and enthusiast, Richardson meets with clients and partners worldwide and shares how “social smarter work” can deliver real business results. With more than 30 years of experience in the collaboration and document management industry, he has served in sales, support, consulting, and document production management positions. From this perspective, Richardson shared with O’Dell how he has seen knowledge and information management approaches change, and most rapidly in the past several years.

In this February 2016 Knowledge Management podcast, APQC research specialist Ken Hayman spoke with research services KM program manager Lauren Trees about some KM basics for the uninitiated, including: 