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Newsletter | March 2024

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Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024  

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Zoom: registration required 

The Academic Affairs Center for Operational Excellence (COE) will host the next Lean, Lunch and Learn (L3) Workshop: “Organizing Interviews - Process Strategies” with special HR leadership guests from VC Academic Affairs and VC Student Affairs. 

Join us to hear about helpful process strategies for organizing interviews to reduce timelines, prepare interviewees, design purposeful questions, and more! If your unit has a best practice for interview organizing there may be an opportunity to share why it’s been an improvement for your team. 

All are welcome, especially if you are involved in the employment interview process.

The Process Palooza Podcast Ep. 1 is out now!

The Process Palooza Podcast debuts with “Episode 1: The Evolution of Lean Thinking in the Age of AI”, featuring UC San Diego CIO Vince Kellen, Business Improvement Consultant Stephen Yorkstone, and Neil Sahota, IBM Master Inventor and United Nations AI Advisor. Don't miss this enlightening show packed with insights from leading minds in AI and process improvement!

Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST

Registration Cost: FREE

A new and unique webinar to get you excited for Process Palooza 2024! 

This stand-alone webinar, taking place on March 26, 2024, will host an engaging discussion around the intersection of Process Improvement and Artificial Intelligence and the impacts on productivity, quality and satisfaction.

IBM Master Inventor and United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisor Neil Sahota will serve as the keynote speaker. Neil will highlight some real examples where AI and a continuous improvement mindset converge to produce positive impacts on workforce development and beyond.

Stephen Yorkstone, founder and chair of Lean in Higher Education, will moderate a panel discussion showcasing how UC San Diego leaders are applying innovative AI solutions to not only improve processes but to enhance productivity, quality and satisfaction. The panel will also host a Q&A session to answer your burning questions about process improvement and AI/automation.

We guarantee this webinar will stimulate minds and generate conversations that will carry into Process Palooza 2024!