Regular readers know that I periodically discuss database performance issues and that I always like to start with a definition of database performance, that I will reiterate here: If you need ...

As businesses, policymakers and organizations look to solve grand technological, social, health and economic challenges, they increasingly rely on multiple sources of data, multiple disciplinary ...

In this session, participants will develop an understanding of what it means to be a quality manufacturing organization with a quality product in the 21st century. In this session, you will develop an ...

The June 17 memo from the Office of Personnel Management’s acting Director Charles Ezell, “Performance Management for Federal Employees”, reflects an important development for managing employee ...

Performance management starts before the employee even reports to work on his first day -- it begins during the recruitment and selection process and continues throughout the employment relationship.

Overconsumption of material goods is a problem with significant consequences, from environmental crises—it's a key driver of resource depletion—to diminished personal well-being—it can lead to a host ...

Advanced systems are reshaping professional judgment, forcing local governments to rethink accountability, performance management and labor relations.

I’ve worked in the fields of resilience, performance psychology and leadership science for over 20 years. In that time, my team and I have heard leaders ask one question over and over again. It’s one ...

Why do we spend millions on performance management systems that everyone—managers, employees, and executives—openly admits are broken? The answer is uncomfortable but simple. We’ve designed these ...