APQC Podcasts

APQC Podcasts

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APQC Podcasts episodes

  • APQC’s KM Experts Explore the Impact of Cognitive Computing
    CEO Carla O’Dell and KM Research Program Manager Lauren Trees talked on the topic of cognitive computing and addressed some of the great questions submitted by our audience during the January 2016 KM community call Carla and Lauren hosted, entitled “KM in 2016 and Beyond: Questions and Predictions.

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    21 min
  • Business Risks are Crouching Tigers -- Fierce as Ever
    As the calendar year gets underway, business planners and performance managers are keen to look forward. But optimism can be dampened when enterprise risk assessments start to roll in. APQC's Mary Driscoll, Senior Research Fellow in Financial Management, recently spoke on key issues in enterprise risk management (ERM) that will likely dominate C-suite conversations in 2016.

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    9 min
  • Business Risks are Crouching Tigers -- Fierce as Ever
    As the calendar year gets underway, business planners and performance managers are keen to look forward. But optimism can be dampened when enterprise risk assessments start to roll in. APQC's Mary Driscoll, Senior Research Fellow in Financial Management, recently spoke on key issues in enterprise risk management (ERM) that will likely dominate C-suite conversations in 2016.

    Remember to follow us on Twitter @apqc!

    9 min
  • What Airbnb Can Teach KM About Transformation
    APQC CEO Carla O’Dell recently talked with Chip Conley, as part of the “Big Thinkers, Big Ideas” interview series. He is the head of Global Hospitality and Strategy with Airbnb, a community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world. For 20-plus years, Conley led the development, creation, and management of boutique hotels, as the founder and former CEO of Joie de Vivre, which grew to become the second largest boutique hotel company in America. Conley also presents his theories on transformation and meaning – in business and life – to audiences around the world. He is the author of four books, and in his latest, The New York Times bestseller, “Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success,” Conley takes us from emotional intelligence to emotional fluency – placing meaning at the top of the balance sheet.

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    27 min
  • What Airbnb Can Teach KM About Transformation
    APQC CEO Carla O’Dell recently talked with Chip Conley, as part of the “Big Thinkers, Big Ideas” interview series. He is the head of Global Hospitality and Strategy with Airbnb, a community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world. For 20-plus years, Conley led the development, creation, and management of boutique hotels, as the founder and former CEO of Joie de Vivre, which grew to become the second largest boutique hotel company in America. Conley also presents his theories on transformation and meaning – in business and life – to audiences around the world. He is the author of four books, and in his latest, The New York Times bestseller, “Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success,” Conley takes us from emotional intelligence to emotional fluency – placing meaning at the top of the balance sheet.

    Remember to follow us on Twitter @apqc!

    27 min
  • Who Should Care About Predictive Workforce Analytics and Why?
    Predictive workforce analytics isn’t just an HR issue. In this podcast, APQC’s human capital management research program manager, Elissa Tucker, interviews Greta Roberts, co-founder and CEO of Talent Analytics, Corp. Greta will be a keynote speaker at the Predictive Analytics World for Workforce conference (April 3-6, 2016, San Francisco). In this podcast, Greta discusses the many business problems that predictive workforce analytics can help companies solve. Hear her provide examples of how brand-name companies today are using predictive workforce analytics. Find out what she thinks about reports that there is a shortage of data scientist talent. (Her answer might surprise you). Greta will explain what business leaders need and don’t need to know about predictive workforce analytics. And, she shares her predictions for new uses of predictive workforce analytics that are on the horizon.
    PredictiveAnalytics
    World for Workforce, April 3-6, 2016 in San Francisco, is the premier
    workforce analytics event for HR professionals, business leaders, line of
    business managers, and analytics practitioners. This global, cross-industry
    event covers predictive solutions to today's greatest workforce challenges.
    Join Greta Roberts and APQC when you
    register today with 15% off code APQC15.

    Remember to follow us on Twitter @apqc!


    32 min
  • Who Should Care About Predictive Workforce Analytics and Why?
    Predictive workforce analytics isn’t just an HR issue. In this podcast, APQC’s human capital management research program manager, Elissa Tucker, interviews Greta Roberts, co-founder and CEO of Talent Analytics, Corp. Greta will be a keynote speaker at the Predictive Analytics World for Workforce conference (April 3-6, 2016, San Francisco). In this podcast, Greta discusses the many business problems that predictive workforce analytics can help companies solve. Hear her provide examples of how brand-name companies today are using predictive workforce analytics. Find out what she thinks about reports that there is a shortage of data scientist talent. (Her answer might surprise you). Greta will explain what business leaders need and don’t need to know about predictive workforce analytics. And, she shares her predictions for new uses of predictive workforce analytics that are on the horizon.
    PredictiveAnalytics
    World for Workforce, April 3-6, 2016 in San Francisco, is the premier
    workforce analytics event for HR professionals, business leaders, line of
    business managers, and analytics practitioners. This global, cross-industry
    event covers predictive solutions to today's greatest workforce challenges.
    Join Greta Roberts and APQC when you
    register today with 15% off code APQC15.

    Remember to follow us on Twitter @apqc!

    32 min
  • The 2016 APQC Process Management Research Agenda
    In the January 2016 Process and Performance Management podcast, APQC's research specialist Michael Sims talks with research services process and performance management program manager Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland about the process and performance management research agenda, including how the topic areas work together and how APQC identifies its topics for its research agenda.

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    7 min
  • The 2016 APQC Process Management Research Agenda
    In the January 2016 Process and Performance Management podcast, APQC's research specialist Michael Sims talks with research services process and performance management program manager Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland about the process and performance management research agenda, including how the topic areas work together and how APQC identifies its topics for its research agenda.

    Remember to follow us on Twitter @apqc!

    7 min
  • Why Smartphones Are Ruining Conversation
    As part of APQC’s Big Thinkers, Big Ideas interview series, APQC CEO Carla O’Dell recently talked with Sherry Turkle, a clinical psychologist, author, and founder/director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. In her new book, ”Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age,” Sherry examines how smartphones and social media have crowded out real conversation. Her insightful conversation with Carla raises awareness of this issue and Sherry shares some of the tools needed to change our behavior so we can rediscover the value of conversation

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    16 min

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