Good afternoon, I hope that you are doing well! The Operational Excellence Team continues to support the University with its preparation for bringing faculty, staff and students back to campus. No doubt, the campus will look very different this fall. … Read more

Good afternoon, Operational Excellence collaborated with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research on several focused initiatives to streamline the management of externally sponsored research programs at the University. This week, the Office of Sponsored Research released one of the first results from this partnership. Research Playbooks are … Read more

Good afternoon,   Our goal in Operational Excellence is to create a high-functioning administrative operation that supports the University’s mission of teaching, learning and research. The OE team has been able to make progress on that goal as our community works together to resume … Read more

Good afternoon, If you have been a member of an Operational Excellence design team, you know that we often start out meetings with an energizer to get everyone talking and thinking. This week, Transformation Manger Jason Derrick started out his J Scholar Process Design Team meeting … Read more

Good afternoon,   This week, the Data Use and Literacy design and leadership teams officially launched the Salary Dashboard and accompanying data literacy resources for HR officers. These tools were developed in collaboration with OHR, OIRA, ITS, and employees across campus through a design team approach.  The Salary Dashboard provides HR officers … Read more

Good afternoon,   I am pleased to announce the design team members for the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) project.  Carolyn Adams, School of Social Work  Tudor Comaniciu, College of Arts and Sciences  Gretchen Gosnell, International Student and Scholar Services Joey Landry, School of … Read more

Good afternoon, After taking a break last Friday from the weekly email due to the holiday weekend, I wanted to share some good news. The Executive Search project was launched in April to improve the experience for the candidate, search … Read more

Good afternoon, Back in February, I discussed how the Operational Excellence team employs the concept of continuous improvement in our work. This week, I want to talk about another strategy our team uses: problem-solving sessions. A problem-solving session, or PS … Read more

Good afternoon, I am pleased to announce that the Operational Excellence Data Use and Literacy project began its pilot phase this week. The pilot group is testing two new resources developed for improved data use and literacy at UNC: a “one-stop-shop” portal for existing University-level dashboards, and a new … Read more

Good afternoon, As we begin a new month, I want to update you all on some of our ongoing work. Our Operational Excellence transformation managers, Candace Reynolds, Jason Derrick, and Mieke Lynch, continue to move forward on these projects with … Read more