Continuous Improvement at Cambridge - Knowledge Sharing Seminar

Special

In this final seminar of 2023, we are offering the opportunity to attend the session that Linda Spinks and Rebecca Shipley gave at the 2023 Lean HE International Conference. They will then share their takeaways from the conference and update you on plans for the next conference here in Cambridge in October 2024

Respect for People: Improving Your Personal Wellbeing - In a world where there is never enough time and we are juggling multiple priorities, this session will explore ways in which to identify areas in our lives that we need to improve and utilise the Lotus Blossom tool to generate ideas for making that improvement happen. Lotus Blossom provides a useful tool at all stages of the continuous improvement cycle whether it is used to find the root cause of a problem or to generate ideas to overcome that problem. In this session, we will demonstrate how it can be used to address more personal areas for improvement Delegates will work in pairs or individually in order to get hands-on practice with the tools and techniques.

• As always, there will be an open discussion and opportunity to discuss the Continuous Improvement initiatives that delegates are involved in and seek advice from colleagues across the group.

• Colleagues across the Collegiate University with an interest in process improvement.
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available

Number of sessions: 1

Attendees will hear an overview of the tools being shared then work in small groups to use the tools to understand their personal priorities and come up with ideas to help to overcome any issues that they have identified

Participants will learn how to use the Lotus Blossom tool for brainstorming and will be able to take it away and use it immediately

The session will also facilitate some time out to consider their own personal well-being.

This session will be held in person and there will be practical activities for attendees to take part in.

• CI at Cambridge - Finding the Positives – Appreciative Inquiry and Positive Organisational Scholarship
• Lean Practitioner Course (LCS 1b)
• 8 Wastes
• Process Mapping and Analysis
• SIPOC training
• Six Thinking Hats
• Understanding and Measuring Benefits in Lean Management
• Understanding the Root Cause - "5 Why's" meets "6 Honest Men"
• What is Lean?
• Analysing Business Processes: Where Do I Start?
• Drop In Sessions - Simplifying our Processes
• Effective use of workspace - using the 5S tool to help
• Facilitation and Coaching Skills for Continuous Improvement
• Introduction to Lean in HE: Making Improvements in the Workplace (Virtual)
• Nurturing a Lean Habit
• Introduction to Lean in HE: Making Improvements in the Workplace