Our Community of Practice supports practitioners and others interested in Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement, Project Management and Change Management.
Number of people: 180
Calendar: Second Friday of every month
Agenda for coming meetings: Agility Live! Event – April 16, 2025
Tips on Project Management
Past agenda topics:
2025
- Successful Communication and Continuous Improvement
- Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
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 to cvegarengifo@ua.edu or lsway@ua.edu