Good afternoon, This week, the Operational Excellence Data Use & Literacy project unveiled a new home for University-level dashboards, the Carolina Analytics Portal at analytics.unc.edu. I want to congratulate the design and data teams for this achievement, led by Transformation … 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 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

Good afternoon, Since Operational Excellence began in fall 2018, our relationships with schools and units across campus have driven early wins, sustained change, and a new way of doing business at Carolina. These relationships have been especially important as we … Read more

Good afternoon, As we wrap up our third week of working remotely, I want to give a brief look at some of the ways Operational Excellence is currently engaged with campus. On Monday, I had the opportunity to speak to … Read more

Good afternoon, As students leave for spring break, the Operational Excellence team continues to make progress on our ongoing efforts in addition to preparations for new engagements around campus. This week, I want to bring you updates on two of … Read more

Good afternoon,   Last week, the Operational Excellence Steering Committee held our first meeting of the calendar year. It is always inspiring to come together with this group, and I am grateful for both the returning and new faces.   Our meeting focused on updates regarding our three … Read more

Good afternoon, I want to start this week’s update with a big thank you to everyone who has been involved with the Early Impact work. Though Operational Excellence has officially wrapped up our part in both the Hiring and Procurement … Read more

Good afternoon, I hope you all got a chance to get outside this week before the temperatures dropped again! The Operational Excellence team has been focused on advancing initiative goals while building capacity to facilitate transformations around campus. We got … Read more