Our Community of Practice supports practitioners and others interested in Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement, Project Management and Change Management.
Number of people: 200
Calendar: Second Friday of every month
Agenda for coming meetings:
Tiny Team, Big Impact: Practical Advice to Maximize Resources. Barefield College of Arts and Sciences.
Office of Teaching Innovation and Digital Education – Overview and Improvement Initiatives
Avoid Thinking Traps to Identify Counterproductive Thoughts & Build Mental Agility
The Importance of Change Management in IT: Why UA’s OIT Team Embraces Continuous Improvement
Past agenda topics:
- Don’t Fly Solo – You Have Copilot
- Leading with Emotional Intelligence to Transform Workplace Culture & Trust
- Agility Live! 2026 Event
- Change Questions: A Playbook for Effective and Lasting Organizational Change. Live Discussion with the Book Author.
- Elevate AI Skills: Prompting for Continuous Improvement.
2025
- Successful Communication and Continuous Improvement
- Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
- Tips on Project Management
- Beyond Ordinary: Achieving and Maintaining Business Excellence
- College of Engineering: Improving Together – Agility Update on Projects
- StratComm Projects: People Focused, Process Driven.
- Robots at Work: Streamlining Processes with RPA
- Agility Strategies in the School of Social Work
- People Solve Problems – The Power of Every Person, Every Day, Every Problem.
2024
- Office for Innovation & Commercialization.
- Successful Conflict Conversations.
- Compliance and Risk Management Agility Update.
- The Spirit of Continuous Improvement at UAB Operations for Facilities Administration and Environmental Health & Safety Departments and Projects.
- Big Picture for Project Management.
- Psychological Safety & Student Affairs.
- Improve Less, The Focus and Align Framework for Sustainable Continuous Improvement.
- Strategies to Improve Self-Awareness and Collaboration.
- Interactive Presentations.
- The Effect of Workplace Happiness on Productivity.
2023
- Keeping your Eye on the Prize: How to get your most important work done.
- Process Automation.
- O365 Productivity Tools.
- NCCI (Network for Change and Continuous Innovation) Membership and Outreach Committee.
- Deepen Your Lean Leadership Skills with Brain Science.
- Trello Overview – visual way for teams to collaborate on projects.
- NCCI (Network for Change and Continuous Innovation) 2023 Conference Take Aways.
- Agility at Work with Melinda Wallace (FOSAS – FO Shared Administrative Services).
- The Art of Data Storytelling.
- Write Smarter, Not Harder, with Smart Brevity.
2022 and Before
- Miro overview demo – Online collaborative whiteboarding platform.
- Introduction to Robotics Process Automation (RPA).
- Office 365 as a collaboration tool, including Teams, OneDrive, Planner & Lists.
- Agility webpage overview + Building a psychologically safe workplace video by Amy Edmondson.
- Cooperation Ted Talk video (How too many rules at work keep you from getting things done by Yves Moriex) and reflections.
- Jira implementation at University Libraries for their strategic planning.
- Business Analytics – Why data is important?
- Problem Solving.
- Change Management Overview.
- Brainstorming Strategies – Learn some new techniques to energize your brainstorming sessions.
- OTIDE Continuous Improvement Projects.
Notes: If you are interested in participating in our Community of Practice, contact us at cvegarengifo@ua.edu.