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The Global Thought Leadership Institute (GTLI) at APQC, a not-for-profit organization advocating for the standardized practice, production, and promotion of thought leadership, has named three new members to its Board of Advisors:

The Global Thought Leadership Institute (GTLI) at APQC has announced its inaugural list of the Top 100 Thought Leadership Producers. Compiled by the Board of Advisors of GTLI, the list recognizes organizations that define excellence in thought leadership by producing rigorous, insight-rich content that empowers executives to make smarter, faster decisions in an ever-changing world.

APQC, the benchmarking and best practices authority, has elected Salima Lin, Managing Partner, Strategy, M&A, Transformation, and Thought Leadership for IBM Consulting, to its board of directors.

APQC, the benchmarking and best practices research firm, has named eight organizations as recipients of its 2025 Excellence in Knowledge Management (KM) recognition program. The entities include:

APQC has launched the Global Thought Leadership Institute (GTLI) at APQC, a not-for-profit organization that will create a best-practice framework and industry standards for the creation and dissemination of thought leadership.

APQC has launched its first-ever virtual Certified Framework Professional course. The inaugural course will be held July 9-11 with a second session scheduled for December 3-5.

APQC, the benchmarking and best practices research firm, has named eight organizations as recipients of its 2024 Excellence in Knowledge Management (KM) recognition program.

APQC has launched its first-ever Certified Knowledge Manager course. The inaugural session will be held September 26-28, 2023, in Houston, Texas.

APQC, the benchmarking and best practices research firm, has named eight organizations as recipients of its 2023 Excellence in Knowledge Management (KM) program. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the program’s debut.

APQC has launched its first-ever Process Excellence Certification. Built around decades of best practice and benchmarking research, the course features the application of APQC’s Process Analysis and Design Methodology across the Process Lifecycle, leveraging the power of APQC’s Seven Tenets of Process ManagementTM. Hands on and action oriented, APQC’s certification course delivers the specific knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to create, sustain, and evolve successful process management programs.

APQC, the benchmarking and best practices research firm, has named five organizations as recipients of its 2022 Excellence in Knowledge Management (KM) program. This year’s recipients include:

A new APQC study found that the average knowledge worker spends only 30 hours out of a 40-hour week on productive work, resulting in lower job satisfaction and greater likelihood of leaving their company. APQC’s research found that training, mentoring, and employee empowerment can help organizations navigate these productivity challenges.

A pioneer in business productivity since 1977, Houston-based APQC has announced the launch of the C. Jackson Grayson Scholarship Program in honor of the company’s late founder. Each year, the program will award scholarships to Houston-area high school seniors. Each recipient will receive $25,000 per year for tuition, books, and fees, totaling $100,000 per student over the course of a four-year college education.

According to recent APQC research, 85% of HR departments are currently restructuring or planning to restructure in the next 2 years. Their top objectives are to improve HR’s use of technology, better align HR with the business, and increase HR agility and automation.

APQC, the benchmarking and best practices research firm, has named six organizations as recipients of its Excellence in Knowledge Management program for 2021. Launched in 2019, this recognition is based on analysis from APQC’s Knowledge Management Capability Assessment Tool, which provides an evidence-based methodology with which to measure and evaluate KM competencies across four categories: strategy, people, process, and content and information technology.