

APQC Podcasts
American Productivity & Quality Center
APQC podcasts are bringing organizations the information they need to work smarter, faster, and with greater confidence.
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Jul 22, 2016 • 13min
Barriers to Knowledge Sharing: Creating Well-Aligned Measures
APQC research has shown that one of the biggest mistakes that KM programs make is not identifying and systematically addressing the obstacles that block employees from contributing, accessing, and reusing knowledge. The research has found the first step in developing an effective KM change management strategy is recognizing those barriers. In 2013, APQC partnered with its KM advanced workshop to identify ten barriers to enterprise knowledge sharing. Over a series of KM podcasts, all ten of these barriers will be addressed. On this podcast, APQC executive director Cindy Hubert and KM research program manager Lauren Trees address the barrier of measures.
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Jul 20, 2016 • 7min
Barriers to Knowledge Sharing: Securing Sponsorship
APQC research has shown that one of the biggest mistakes that KM programs make is not identifying and systematically addressing the obstacles that block employees from contributing, accessing, and reusing knowledge. The research has found the first step in developing an effective KM change management strategy is recognizing those barriers. In 2013, APQC partnered with its KM advanced workshop to identify ten barriers to enterprise knowledge sharing. Over a series of KM podcasts, all ten of these barriers will be addressed. On this podcast, APQC executive director Cindy Hubert and KM research program manager Lauren Trees address the barrier of sponsorship.
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Jul 12, 2016 • 26min
Why Knowledge Management Matters For Process Improvement
Organizations have masses of knowledge associated with their business processes. Some of this comes in the form of documents—everything from standard operating procedures and training materials to tips and lessons learned from past project teams—but other knowledge exists only in the heads of employees who design, own, and execute the processes every day.
On June 29, 2016, APQC’s Lauren Trees and Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland conducted a webinar on how to tie knowledge to process and follow-on Q&A podcast on the role of knowledge in process management. This podcast addresses some of the questions posed during the webinar.
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Jun 24, 2016 • 7min
Why End-to-end Processes Matter
In this podcast, research specialist Michael Sims interviews research program manager Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland about what end-to-end processes are and why they're important to process management professionals.
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Jun 20, 2016 • 16min
Why Some Leadership Methods Are Timeless
Leadership is an important area of interest for people managers. While methods and concepts may change over time, there are still key aspects of leadership that remain the same. In this APQC podcast, research specialist Michael Cappelli interviews Elissa Tucker, APQC's research program manager in HCM, on the importance of leadership to people managers.
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Jun 14, 2016 • 22min
Charles Duhigg on What Productive People Do Different and his new book 'Smarter, Faster, Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business'
APQC CEO Carla O’Dell talked with Charles Duhigg as part of the Big Thinkers, Big Ideas interview series. His new book titled Smarter, Faster, Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business details what the most productive people do differently than everyone else without having to make enormous sacrifices, and offers tools and techniques that all of us can apply immediately to our lives to boost our productivity.
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Jun 13, 2016 • 15min
Blueprint for Success—Your Road Map For Achieving Top Performance in Accounts Payable
The Blueprint for Success: Accounts Payable report recently published by APQC's financial management (FM) team is truly a roadmap for achieving top performance in AP. In addition to valuable insight on seven AP performance indicators provided by Mary Driscoll, senior research fellow in FM, the blueprint provides definitions and benchmarking data. But what is a blueprint and how can it help your organization?
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Jun 1, 2016 • 31min
What Analytics Can and Can't Do For Business
In this podcast, APQC's research specialist, Michael Sims, talks with APQC's own analytics team, Ron Webb and Christy Aroopala, about what analytics means to them, what challenges their customers are facing, and what the future holds for analytics.
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May 25, 2016 • 10min
Barriers to Knowledge Sharing: Making More Time
APQC research has shown that one of the biggest mistakes that KM programs make is not identifying and systematically addressing the obstacles that block employees from contributing, accessing, and reusing knowledge. The research has found the first step in developing an effective KM change management strategy is recognizing those barriers. In 2013, APQC partnered with its KM advanced workshop to identify ten barriers to enterprise knowledge sharing. Over a series of KM podcasts, all ten of these barriers will be addressed.On this podcast, APQC executive director Cindy Hubert and KM research program manager Lauren Trees address the barrier of time.
Remember to follow APQC on Twitter @apqc!

May 25, 2016 • 7min
Barriers to Knowledge Sharing: Creating Awareness
APQC research has shown that one of the biggest mistakes that KM programs make is not identifying and systematically addressing the obstacles that block employees from contributing, accessing, and reusing knowledge. The research has found the first step in developing an effective KM change management strategy is recognizing those barriers. In 2013, APQC partnered with its KM advanced workshop to identify ten barriers to enterprise knowledge sharing. Over a series of KM podcasts, all ten of these barriers will be addressed.On this podcast, APQC executive director Cindy Hubert and KM research program manager Lauren Trees address the barrier of awareness.
Remember to follow APQC on Twitter @apqc!


