Have you ever wished you could search the internet and find all of a researcher’s work with a single query – in any browser? Or the publication and grant submission forms that your researchers use could auto-populate with standard information about their works and affiliations? How about knowing what your researchers or grantees are publishing, what other funding they are receiving? Focusing on research management trends and the application of persistent identifiers in institutional workflows, this presentation will show how ORCID is helping make this vision a reality by enabling trusted connections between individuals and their organizations and professional activities.