Business Excellence

Establishing a new program or driving a culture of process and improvement can be daunting. Not only is embedding something new a marathon, but it’s also easy for teams to get derailed or lose momentum. Luckily, teams don’t have to embark on their journeys alone. They can learn what works and how to avoid impediments […]

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released three new draft reports on hardware-enabled security and trusted cloud for public comment. The foundation of any cloud data center or edge computing security strategy should be securing the platform on which data and workloads will be executed and accessed. The physical platform provides the initial

In a recent blog on the ways process supports the organization, we discussed its role in operational improvements. Today we will discuss the second most common way that process teams support their organizations: strategic initiatives.  Supporting strategic planning and the execution of its strategic initiatives is the gold star of how process teams provide high-profile,

Process and knowledge management (KM) teams often have different personalities. Process people are more linear thinkers focused on the straightest path to a given outcome, whereas KM people tend to be more freeform and value the journey as much as the destination. But one thing these groups have in common is the love of a

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are hot topics in U.S. organizations right now. As leaders commit to building more equitable workplaces, they are realizing how structural bias can derail even the most well-meaning DEI vision. They’re also seeing connections between inclusion and employee retention, which is crucial given the Great Resignation and resulting war for