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Making The Complex Clear: A Career Rooted in Communication
Over the past 12 years, my career has really centered around one thing: helping people make sense of complicated information in a way that feels clear, useful, and approachable. Whether working in healthcare or federal consulting, I’ve always gravitated toward roles where communication, strategy, and problem solving intersect. My professional background started in public health…
Navigating Change: A Practical Guide
If one thing is certain, it’s that we all experience change at some point in our careers. Whether driven by new technology, organizational restructuring, or external factors, change can have a significant impact on how we perceive our organizations, our roles, and even ourselves. Successfully adapting to change requires a flexible, thoughtful approach that balances…
A Career Built on People: Human Capital Consulting at FMP
Human resources is one of those fields that means something different depending on who you ask. For some, it brings to mind onboarding paperwork and benefits enrollment. For others, it is strategy, organizational design, or workforce planning. For me, HR has always been about one thing: helping people and organizations get the best out of…
AI Has Entered the I‑O Mainstream—Now Comes the Hard Part
This year’s Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) conference made one thing unmistakably clear: artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a fringe experiment in the field. In less than two years, AI has moved from an experiment to commonplace across nearly every I‑O discipline. The train has left the station and yet many organizations…
The Career Series: Dr. Roxanne Lawrence on Bridging Psychology and Organizational Solutions
At FMP, there’s no single path to becoming a consultant, and that’s by design. FMPers come from a wide range of academic disciplines and professional backgrounds, each bringing unique perspectives that shape how we approach challenges, collaborate with clients, and deliver meaningful impact. In the Career Series, we’re highlighting those journeys to show how different…
Celebrating Earth Day: How FMP Builds a Culture of Sustainability, Together!
At FMP, sustainability is the result of intentional choices, at both the organizational and individual levels, that reinforce one another over time. Our corporate practices create the foundation for our sustainable workplace: working in an efficient building, encouraging reusable items, and prioritizing responsible partnerships. However, it is up to individuals to bring these systems to…
Thriving Through Technology Transitions (It’s Not Just About the Tech)
If it feels like technology changes never slow down, you’re not imagining it. New systems. New tools. New platforms. Each one promises to make work easier, faster, or more efficient. And yet many organizations walk away wondering why things don’t feel better after go-live. In our experience working with clients on organizational transformation, technology implementation,…
Why AI Adoption Is Really About People, Not Tech
AI is everywhere, yet many organizations still struggle to motivate people to actually use it. The problem isn’t the technology, it’s human behavior. Understanding these human barriers is the difference between AI pilots that stall and adoption that can truly scale. A recent Harvard Business Review article, Why People Resist Embracing AI, makes the case…