APQC Podcasts

APQC Podcasts

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APQC Podcasts episodes

  • Knowledge Management: Mining the knowledge of SpaceX and NASA
    APQC CEO Dr. Carla O'Dell interviewed Ed Hoffman, Chief Knowledge Officer at NASA. Their conversation took unexpected turns: it ranged from why fear is needed if you want big change to what a CKO does in NASA (and how to discover the critical 5% of knowledge that matters) to what happens when the cowboy culture of Elon Musk’s SpaceX collides with a perfectionist culture like NASA’s.
    Remember to follow us on Twitter @apqc!
    29 min
  • Business Innovation Strategy For Financial Services

    Mick

    Simonelli, Innovation Consultant and former senior executive who built
    USAA's Innovation Program, and Mike Fitzgerald, Innovation Leader and
    Senior Analyst with Celent, examine current innovation activity
    in banks, insurers, and securities firms. They analyze
    responses to multiple surveys of financial services professionals
    conducted over the past two years and discuss

    • measuring the importance of innovation to business strategy,
  • identifying and promoting the key benefits to innovation, and
  • discovering and overcoming the common barriers to implementation.
    • Remember to follow us on Twitter @apqc!

    27 min
  • Business Innovation Strategy For Financial Services

    Mick

    Simonelli, Innovation Consultant and former senior executive who built
    USAA's Innovation Program, and Mike Fitzgerald, Innovation Leader and
    Senior Analyst with Celent, examine current innovation activity
    in banks, insurers, and securities firms. They analyze
    responses to multiple surveys of financial services professionals
    conducted over the past two years and discuss

    • measuring the importance of innovation to business strategy,
  • identifying and promoting the key benefits to innovation, and
  • discovering and overcoming the common barriers to implementation.
    • Remember to follow us on Twitter @apqc!
    27 min
  • Dr. Thomas Davenport on Future of KM Workers

    APQC CEO Dr. Carla O'Dell interviewed the quintessential Big Thinker/Big Idea man himself, Dr. Tom Davenport on what the future will be like for knowledge workers.


    Tom has written or co-authored 16 bestselling business books and is one of Harvard Business Review’s most frequently published authors.   He has been named one of 10 “Masters of the New Economy” by CIO Magazine and the third leading business-strategy analyst (just behind Peter Drucker and Tom Friedman) by Optimize Magazine. He is also a friend and on APQC’s Board of Directors.

    26 min
  • Dr. Thomas Davenport on Future of KM Workers

    APQC CEO Dr. Carla O'Dell interviewed the quintessential Big Thinker/Big Idea man himself, Dr. Tom Davenport on what the future will be like for knowledge workers.

    Tom has written or co-authored 16 bestselling business books and is one of Harvard Business Review’s most frequently published authors.   He has been named one of 10 “Masters of the New Economy” by CIO Magazine and the third leading business-strategy analyst (just behind Peter Drucker and Tom Friedman) by Optimize Magazine. He is also a friend and on APQC’s Board of Directors.

    26 min
  • 2015 Supply Chain Management Priorities and Trends

    In early 2015, APQC fielded a survey focused on determining

    current supply chain management priorities and trends. During this podcast,
    APQC’s Andrea Stroud and Becky Partida discuss their findings from the
    research, along with current and future trends in supply chain.

    14 min
  • 2015 Supply Chain Management Priorities and Trends

    In early 2015, APQC fielded a survey focused on determining

    current supply chain management priorities and trends. During this podcast,
    APQC’s Andrea Stroud and Becky Partida discuss their findings from the
    research, along with current and future trends in supply chain.

    14 min
  • Unparalleled Portfolio Management Q & A

    APQC’s research program managers, Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland and

    Andrea Stroud discuss best practices in product and project portfolio
    management including establishing a standardized project submission process;
    applying value and risk assessments for project prioritization and selection; overcoming
    roadblocks or opportunities through structured reviews; and ensuring
    compliance, standardization, and continuous improvement.

    32 min

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