Continuous Improvement Community of Practice

A Community of Practice (CoP) has been put together, by the VPFO Project Management Office (PMO), for Continuous Improvement (CI). This community is open to all UBC staff and faculty members interested in learning CI concepts, tools and application. Through strong and collaborative relationships, the CoP’s core objective is to build a community of like-minded individuals with the purpose of expanding CI knowledge and tools across campus including affiliated institutions. Together, community members will exchange ideas, lessons learned, best practices and share advice on related work.
 

Goals

The goals of the Continuous Improvement Community of Practice are as follows:

  • Work toward solutions to issues identified as priorities within the field
  • Evaluate the success of the CoP on a regular basis
  • Look for collaboration points with UBC partners
  • Develop and support CI best practices
  • Identify unrecognized pockets of related projects across UBC and share work openly
  • Encourage standards of adoption
  • Community Learning

 

Events

Continuous Improvement Community of Practice events are scheduled every quarter. If you missed an event and would like to review the presented slide deck, please click the button below.

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Learn more about upcoming events:

Nov 06, 2023

Save the Date: Continuous Improvement Community of Practice event on November 8, 2023

Improve your Lean knowledge by learning some of the key principles of the Shingo Prize of Operational Excellence and connect with fellow Lean Six Sigma practitioners at the upcoming Continuous Improvement Community of Practice (CoP).

Jun 28, 2023

Save the Date: Continuous Improvement Community of Practice event on July 26, 2023

Improve your Lean knowledge by learning some of the key principles of the Shingo Prize of Operational Excellence and connect with fellow Lean Six Sigma practitioners at the upcoming Continuous Improvement Community of Practice (CoP).

Mar 17, 2023

Save the Date: Continuous Improvement Community of Practice event on April 20

Improve your Lean knowledge by learning some of the key principles of the Shingo Prize of Operational Excellence at the third Continuous Improvement CoP, organized by Operational Excellence on April 20, 2023.

Dec 08, 2022

Continuous Improvement Community of Practice on December 1: Advancing career through Lean Six Sigma, reviewing 14 principles of Lean

In our recent CoP session, Sean Zheng, who was recently promoted to Sub-Head in Stores, Municipal Services within UBC Facilities, shared how advancing his knowledge of Lean Six Sigma helped advance his career, and participants had an opportunity to review the 14 principles of Lean in a UBC context.

Sep 26, 2022

Save the Date: Continuous Improvement Community of Practice event

Open to all Lean Six Sigma Yellow, Green, and Black Belt practitioners at UBC, the second CoP event will be held online on Thursday, December 1, 2022. Hear from Sean Zheng, a Yellow Belt graduate who was recently promoted to Sub-Head in Stores, Municipal Services within UBC Facilities, on how advancing his knowledge in Continuous Improvement helped advance his career.

Jun 29, 2022

Launching the Lean Six Sigma Community of Practice (CoP)

Operational Excellence is launching a Community of Practice (CoP) for Lean Six Sigma practitioners across UBC through its first community meeting, which will begin with a speech from Karamjeet Heer, Interim Vice-President, Finance. 

Mar 21, 2022

Introducing the Continuous Improvement Community of Practice (CoP)

Operational Excellence is currently building a Community of Practice for Lean Six Sigma graduates to connect and exchange knowledge and best practices. Learn more about the CoP and how it helps promote a UBC-wide continuous improvement culture.