Popular opinion has not been kind to HR. Over the years, HR has been described as the policy police, paper pushers, corporate protectors, planners of pointless interruptions, and most extremely, as an entity to be avoided at all costs. It seems that negative headlines about the HR function never cease. There are the classics such […]
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Credit: Pixabay It’s that time of the year again when innovations and commercialization collide in various collaborative programs, such as FedTech’s Startup Studio Program. FedTech, which is a premiere organization in helping accelerate federal technologies to the commercial market, designed the Startup Studio Program to pair entrepreneurs with federal researchers to try and develop startup companies
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‘Organizational culture’ is a difficult concept to pin down. It defies easy measurement, includes elements that are implicit or unspoken, and often evolves in ways that organizations never planned. But in the face of disruptions like COVID-19, trends like the Great Resignation, and commitments to support diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, the need
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Credit: Pixabay The Technology Partnerships Office is currently designing a brand-new information package to present to the NIST labs and associated researchers to increase informational outreach NIST-wide. This is a TPO priority to better sync up the labs with the technology transfer professionals to further a culture of internal collaboration at NIST. This presentation is
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Leading an enterprise KM initiative can be daunting, but it helps to connect with those who have done it successfully. Earlier this month, I sat down with five KM veterans to learn the secrets to their success. Juanita Coyle, CT1 KMSO, U.S. Navy Ian Pfaff, CKO, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Michael Prevou,
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Recently a question has arisen about the difference between business process management (BPM) maturity and process maturity? And do they use the same domains or elements to measure health and maturity? In previous blogs, we discussed the Seven Tenet of Process Management, which focuses on BPM maturity and ensuring BPM teams provide sustainable value. This
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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
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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
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The best time to build a business continuity plan was before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the second-best time is now. Your organization—and especially your procurement team—should be armed with a robust, actionable business continuity plan that they’re continually refining and improving to prepare for the next disruption. With 32 percent of supply chain professionals “extremely
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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,
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