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Beyond FEVS: Transforming Employee Feedback into Workforce Intelligence
For more than two decades, the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) served as the federal government’s primary tool for measuring employee engagement and workplace perceptions. Now, as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) shifts responsibility for annual employee surveys to individual agencies, federal leaders face both a new challenge and a significant opportunity. Under OPM’s…
When AI Ambition Meets Federal Reality (Part 3): Beyond the Rollout: Building Organizations That Can Sustain Constant Change
Over the course of this series, we’ve explored key components of successful change management, including preparing and successfully executing new initiatives (e.g., AI implementation). Yet many organizations today are facing a new challenge — not simply implementing a single change initiative but operating in a state of near-constant change. From AI integration and new technologies…
When AI Ambition Meets Federal Reality (Part 2): Operationalizing Responsible AI Through Enterprise Change Management
In Part 1 of this series, we argued that AI implementation is first and foremost an organizational change challenge. In this blog, we shift from that big picture to a more practical change management question: what does it take to make AI stick in day-to-day work? Across the Federal government, interest in AI is high….
When AI Ambition Meets Federal Reality
Across the federal government, the AI conversation has shifted. The question is no longer whether AI has potential; it’s how agencies can use it responsibly to support their missions while operating within real constraints and maintaining trust with employees, stakeholders, and the public. Many leaders find themselves at this moment. They see opportunities to reduce…
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…
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…
Celebrating 35 Years of FMP With Sherean Miller, Erin Pitera, and Jessica Milloy
For FMP’s 35th anniversary, we hear from the leaders who have shaped our firm’s identity, strengthened our culture, and guided us through decades of change. In this first installment, we bring together reflections from Managing Partner and Owner Sherean Miller, CEO Erin Pitera, and COO Jessica Milloy, three leaders whose tenure, experience, and vision span…
What Innovation and Creativity Really Are (And Why It Matters)
From federal agencies to Fortune 500 companies, innovation has become a top priority. Corporate R&D spending reached a record $1.3 trillion in 2024 (WIPO, 2025), and 83% of executives are calling innovation a strategic imperative. And for good reason. Research shows that innovation is crucial for firm survival and profitability (Ugur & Vivarelli, 2021; Cefis…
Fresh Starts and New Beginnings
As we hang a brand-new calendar or crack open a fresh planner, the year ahead feels full of possibility. Pretty soon we’re going to be caught up in the routine, but before that happens, it is worth taking a few minutes to plan for the year to come. My calendar tends to fill up fast and take on a life…