
APQC Podcasts
APQC podcasts are bringing organizations the information they need to work smarter, faster, and with greater confidence.
Latest episodes

Jan 28, 2022 • 23min
Understanding the Anti-Work Movement with Dr. Patricia Anderson
On this podcast, APQC’s Mercy Harper and Elissa Tucker talk with Dr. Patricia Anderson, Professor at the Forbes School of Business and Technology, about the implications of the anti-work movement for HR professionals and other organizational leaders.
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Jan 27, 2022 • 24min
What Supply Chain Leaders Need to Know about Retail Data with Shobhit Khandelwal
On this podcast, APQC’s Marisa Brown talks with Shobhit Khandelwal—Founder of ShyftLabs, Co-Founder of Minoan, and member of the Forbes Technology Council—about how supply chain professionals and other organizational leaders can best leverage their retail data.
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Jan 26, 2022 • 19min
From Supply Chain Leader to Startup Founder with Efrat Sagi-Ofir
On this podcast, APQC’s Mercy Harper and Marisa Brown talk with Efrat Sagi-Ofir, Chief Revenue Officer and Co-Founder of Air Doctor, about her journey from supply chain leader to founder of two startups.
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Jan 11, 2022 • 24min
Translating Data for Human Understanding with Chip Heath
On this podcast, APQC’s Dr. Carla O’Dell talks with Chip Heath, author of four New York Times bestsellers and professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, about practical strategies for bringing data to life. Order your copy of Chip’s new book with co-author Karla Starr, Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or through your favorite local bookseller.
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Dec 15, 2021 • 29min
The Future of KM from a Development Perspective with Sarah Cummings
On this podcast, APQC’s Mercy Harper talks with Sarah Cummings, Public-Private Partnership and Research Uptake Expert at Wageningen University and founder of the KM for Development Journal, about the future of KM from the perspective of international development.
For resources mentioned in this episode, click the links below:
KM for Development
KM for Development Journal
How to Use Critical Discourse Analysis for Policy Analysis
KM4Dev IO Discussion Board
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Dec 14, 2021 • 13min
2022 Supply Chain Outlook with Anshu Prasad
On this podcast, APQC’s Marisa Brown talks with Anshu Prasad, CEO and Co-Founder of Leaf Logistics, about what’s ahead for supply chains including trucking and freight capacity expectations, opportunities for automation, and more.
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Dec 13, 2021 • 29min
Building IT and Data Skills With Shefali Kapoor Patel
On this podcast, APQC’s Andrea Stroud and Saphra Cleveland talk with Shefali Kapoor Patel, founder of IT education provider Vijay Computer Academy, about how organizations can upskill and reskill employees on IT and data, mistaken assumptions about “who” can do IT and data jobs, and more.
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Dec 9, 2021 • 25min
Culture Strategies for Knowledge Management with Dana Tessier
On this podcast, APQC’s Lauren Trees talks with Dana Tessier, Director of Knowledge Management at Shopify, about the cultural enablers and barriers for effective KM. Click the link below to purchase Dana’s new book and use the code “IGI50” for a 50% discount:
Handbook of Research on Organizational Culture Strategies for Effective Knowledge Management and Performance
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Dec 3, 2021 • 18min
Building Data Science and Digital Skills with Neeraj Tandon
On this podcast, APQC’s Andrea Stroud talks with Neeraj Tandon, principal at Moksha Data and cofounder of Code Park, about how to grow data science and digital skills in-house. Click the links below for useful resources shared by Neeraj:
How to Ask a Good Question
SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL (book)
Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals (book)
Data Science for Business: What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking (book)
Houston Data Visualization Meetup
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Nov 17, 2021 • 18min
Optimizing Procure-to-Pay
On this podcast, APQC’s Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland and Marisa Brown share ways to improve procure-to-pay through process management. For more insights and to get started with applying process to procure-to-pay, see the following free resources from APQC:
Procure-to-Pay Suffers from Disconnected Governance
Executive Summary: Building Blocks of Success
Expanding the Value of Process Management: Seven Tenets (webinar)
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