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Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce launched the Job Quality Toolkit, which provides strategies and actions to help small-and-medium-sized organizations recruit and retain a high-performing workforce. The toolkit also includes eight case studies of organizations that have committed to increasing the quality of the jobs they offer. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo unveiled the […]

We have more good news to share! Read on for several important announcements. External Review The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is pleased to announce that a request for quotes has been issued through the GSA Schedule for the “Baldrige Reimagined” external review referenced in our last update. We are looking forward to this contract being

Productivity is an enduring hot topic among macro-economics nerds and managers in charge of operations, quality, and improvement programs. But current trends—notably remote work, rapid turnover, and the controversy over “quiet quitting”—have gotten more people thinking about what productivity really means and how it should be measured. Some leaders are struggling to set sustainable productivity

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) recently hosted the NIST Innovative Technologies Showcase. It was a virtual event to highlight cutting-edge technologies from NIST. It provided a platform for the researchers to present the technical aspects and potential societal benefits of these technologies. The overarching theme for the event focused on transferring invention and innovation to

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Each November APQC is invited to speak at multiple “KNOWvember” events, and it’s a great opportunity to think about the issues most relevant and animating to knowledge management. This year I’m talking to member organizations about the relationship between KM and productivity, which has only strengthened in the era of digital and hybrid work. KM

Today, CD-SAXS (critical dimension small angle X-ray scattering) is an industry-wide measurement technique for next-generation semiconductor fabrication. Developed by NIST researchers Wen-Li Wu and Joe Kline, CD-SAXS matured from a laboratory technique into a practical application with the help of industry partners through multiple cooperative research and development agreements. This collaborative effort was needed to