2025 Mid-year Blog Recap
June 30, 2025 in Industry Insights, Innovative Capabilities, Reflection & Feedback
By Risa Witherow
Introduction
July 1, Day 182, the start of Week 27, the beginning of Q3; however you put it, it’s official, we’re midway through the year. Let’s take a moment to recap our blogs from the first half of 2025!
Our blogs, which are 100% employee-led, reflect the technical knowledge, professional interests, and various perspectives of our workforce. Here are some highlights from the last six months.
| 33 New Blogs | 3 Top 3 Topics Artificial Intelligence (AI) Project & Program Management Efficiency | 21 Authors +even more contributors |
| 2 Throwback Blogs So nice, we shared them twice! 1. Systems Don’t Make Change. People Do. 2. The Importance of Celebrating Company Anniversaries — Kicking Off FMP’s 30th Birthday | 7 Employee Spotlight Blogs Meet our staff! 1. Molly VanDorick 2. Adam Scouse 3. Julie Jasewicz 4. Ian Hamilton 5. Marcus Johnson 6. Scott Burba 7. Committee Leads |
The Most Popular Blog of 2025 So Far:
Navigating Change in the Workplace Amidst Uncertainty by Shahnaz Uddin
Blogs on Our Top 3 Topics
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- AI Implementation: Three Keys to Success by Meg Duffy and Jacob Flinck
- Don’t Build on Hype: Ten Steps to Ground Your AI Policy in Reality by Jacob Flinck and Colleen Valerio
- Perceptions of ML in Selection by Chi-Leigh Warren
- AI in the Workplace: A Peek into FMP’s Policy by Jacob Flinck
- Taking a Byte Out of Inefficiency: How FMP is Using AI to Work Smarter by Ashley Agerter Raitor
Project & Program Management
- Strategic PMO Solutions: Delivering Project Success for Maximum Impact by Marni Falcone and Emma Wright
- Are You Keeping Score? by Candace Blair Cronin
- Back to Score Keeping… by Candace Blair Cronin
- Mission Success Bingo: Do Not Forget the “O” in Bingo! by Candace Blair Cronin
Efficiency
- The Efficiency Edge: Implementing Business Process Improvement for Maximum Impact by Marni Falcone
- The Efficiency Edge: Achieving Optimization Through Smart Processes by Marni Falcone
- Encourage Informal Learning for more Efficient and Effective Skills Development by Preston “Tim” Brown and Beth Chidester
- Mental Health Awareness Month: Leveraging Resilience to Drive Efficiency Through Organizational Change by Helen Laraia
Blogs on Other Topics
- Return with Purpose: Supporting a Thoughtful Return to Office by Julie Jasewicz
- Workday Wellness (Healthy Tips for the Workday) by Julie Jasewicz
- Using a Holistic Approach to Wellness by Bryanne Corderio Reynolds
- Active Commuting Changed My Life by Justin Fuhrmann
- Your Brain’s Visual Superpowers: Why That Red Dot Grabs Your Attention EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. by Jonathan Horowitz
- Putting Users First in Government Digital Services by Eric Fuhrmann
- FMP Stories in Sustainability by Sam Deschenes
- What is a Business Analyst? by Tim Daniels
- FMP is Heading to SIOP 2025 in Denver, Colorado! by Marni Falcone
- BIOP 2025: Reflections from FMP by FMP Staff
- Impactful Communication in the Age of Information Overload by Haley Fuller
- Navigating Change in the Workplace Amidst Uncertainty by Shahnaz Uddin
- Building our Capabilities by Jessica Milloy
Conclusion
We have a lot of exciting topics planned, including Accessibility, Workforce Development, and Upskilling, and are looking forward to the remainder of 2025!
Risa Witherow is a Business Development Manager at FMP with several years of experience working with clients in the public and private sectors to improve the functioning and effectiveness of their organizations and enrich the experiences had by their employees. She earned an M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a B.S. in Communication Studies and Writing from Middle Tennessee State University.