As we enter the last month of 2024, we're excited to reflect on the incredible progress we've made together this year in our journey of continuous improvement. From our highest number of certified practitioners yet to our first annual Continuous Improvement Fair, this has been a year of dedication, innovation, and success.

In this special edition of our newsletter, we'll look back on the numbers that tell our story, recognize the achievements of our community, and celebrate the events and milestones that have shaped this year. Let's take a moment to honor what we've accomplished, and set our sights on an even brighter 2025!

Lean Learning Pathway Classes

Intro to Lean - 4 classes, 91 participants

A3 Thinking 101 - 2 courses, 31 participants

Lean Practitioner Certification

2 Celebrations in May and November - 17 Certified Practitioners

Center Of Excellence (COE) 8.0

‌Ensuring business continuity through continuous improvement

This annual conference featured presentations from continuous improvement champions who are dedicated to redefining the status quo across UCSF in sharing and celebrating best practices.

The Inaugural CI Fair

‌The First Annual Continuous Improvement Fair: Empowering Progress, Inspiring the Future- A time to step back, recognize all the great work that has been done, and celebrate our people and their achievements.

FAS Improvement Initiatives

‌For the FAS True North Innovation Pillar, FAS Units identified improvement initiatives for their Units, applied A3 Thinking to understand the problem and presented their progress to the FAS Executive Team (FET)

• Project Budget Hours: Salesh Sharma, Audit & Advisory Services
• Health and Campus Security Recruitment: Rae'ven Moon, Police Department
• Optimizing Procurement for UCSF Campus & Health: Scott Muxen, Real Estate Capital Projects
• Optimizing the Mobile App to Build Awareness & Community: Cathleen Stugard, CLS
• Grain Mites Pilot for Lab Infestation Mitigation: Morgan Vaisset-Fauvel, CLS
• Transforming Finance: Greg Macway, Finance
• MyCloud: Mo Bagadi, IT
• Benefits Process Improvements: Cameron Smith, HR, Benefits
• Leave Management Process Improvements: Laura Padilla, HR Leaves Team