Author: Hélène Courard
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The Competitive Advantage of Diversity and Inclusion
Why should we care about diversity and inclusion? The APMP Mission defines clearly that “APMP promotes the professional growth of its members by advancing the arts, sciences, and technologies of
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Proposal Innovations–Managing Processes
Managing process in proposal development needs to be flexible. It has to adapt to fit the size each deal’s individual submission parameters (page limits, number of volumes); to fit the
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Proposal Innovations, Effecting Change
People resist change. Why? There are many reasons, but some of the more popularly cited reasons are fear (of loss or failure) and avoiding discomfort. But, change is essential for
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tl;dr
tl:dr. Do you know what that means? If you’re tech-savvy, or have a teenager in your life, you know that it’s Internet slang for “too long; didn’t read.” If you’ve
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What is Innovation?
Merriam Webster’s defines “innovation” as (1) the introduction of something new; (2) a new idea, method, or device: novelty. Interestingly, while this definition does not mention added value, when we
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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
by Hélène Courard, APMP-NCA Vice President, JD, CF APMP Fellow As a proposal professional, it should come as no surprise that I believe the approach to one’s career development should