Events Archive

FUN-damentals: Crafting Strong Problem Statements - Home Alone as a Case Study

Date: November 7, 2023
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm PT
Event Format: Event Recording 
Presenter: Prachi Raheja

Feeling overwhelmed with the problem? Not sure where to start? The first step in defending your home is clearly defining the problem. Participants will learn how to craft clear, measurable problem statements without jumping to solutions.

In this session you will:

• Learn about the definition of a problem statement in a continuous improvement initiative
• Learn about criteria of good problem statements
• Practice crafting good problem statements

Lean Six Sigma Course and Scholarship Info Session

Date: September 27, 2023
Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm PT
Event Format: Event Recording 
Presenter: Antonio "Tony" Nava

We are excited to announce the Lean Six Sigma scholarship application window for FY 23/24 will open on September 22, 2023. This scholarship can be applied to the project-focused LSS Green or Black Belt courses at UC San Diego Extended Studies, which provide hands-on, instructor-led training in process improvement. This is a fantastic opportunity for professional development and to create tangible outcomes that impact our campus community. For more information about application requirements, selection criteria, past project awardees, and additional resources please visit the LSS Scholarship page.

BECOP - A Little Change Management Goes a Long Way

Date: September 14, 2023
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm PT
Event Format: Event Recording 
Presenter: Lynn Underwood

As we evolve in our workplace, individuals and departments need to learn how to build in change management to these continuous improvements processes. This includes how to lead others through these changes, developing their individual capabilities. 

 Please join Lynn Underwood, Director of Strategic Organizational Change Management for UC San Diego’s Enterprise Systems Renewal (ESR), as she shares simple tools and practices for you to strategically integrate change management into how you strategically plan, manage, and implement change!

BECOP Summer Book Event

Date: July 11, 2023
Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm PT
Event Format: Event Recording
Presenter: Elisabeth Swan and Tracy O'Rourke

Join UC San Diego instructors Tracy O'Rourke and Elisabeth Swan as they host activities and discussion based on Elisabeth's new book, Picture Yourself a Leader: Illustrated Micro-Lessons for Navigating Change. They'll lead activities that spark insight on how we impact others, what makes us good leaders, and simple experiments to better support problem solving. This will be an action-based hour of surprising revelations, super skills, and fun. Don't miss it!

BECOP - Tips and tricks for effective presentations

 A valuable in-person demonstration of all things presentation related, crafted with humor; 

• Helpful hints & tricks about presentations that can be broadly applied to both PPT and other platform vehicles.
• Pitfalls that will make your presentations much, much worse (and how to avoid them).
• How to craft your presentation with audience engagement & experience in mind.
• Specific guidance on presence, confidence & timing.

BOO-COP Icebreaker Social

Join us if you dare for BECOP’s annual spooky event! This BOO-COP Icebreaker Social is your opportunity to learn more about BECOP and get to know colleagues in the Business Excellence Community. Dust off those cobwebs or make them part of your “scene”; come in costume, or pick a background theme. We’ve been brewing up some wicked fun, you won’t want to miss this one!

• Ghoulish Giveaway: Prizes for most creative Halloween or Fall themed presence.
• Background charades - upload a background based on a place you have or would like to visit. We'll guess where the photo was taken.
• My Boo Crew Roundtable: Get to know your colleagues
• Tricks &Treats: Consider sharing a trick (a feature in an existing app) or treat (a favorite or new app) that you can't live without. Bonus points if it helps with organization or efficiency!

BECOP - Liberating Structures

Date: August 26, 2022
Time: 12:00pm -1:00pm
Where: Event not recorded, PDF slides here!
Event Type: Webinar
Presenter: Kris Hergert, Strategy/Innovation Manager with OSI

Using the simple and practical methods designed by Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless in "the Surprising Power of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash a Culture of Innovation," we will explore several approaches to sparking innovation from within stakeholders, creating space for individuals' contributions to emerge, and  for the practice of inclusive leadership to take shape.

The Office of Operational Strategic Initiatives (OSI) at UC San Diego uses Liberating Structures to enable groups to break free from traditional organizational dialogues, which often involve a single speaker dictating to the audience, or dominant leaders influencing the direction of thought in groups. By selecting one of the 33 different liberating structures, you can focus the group on a particular perspective, create more collaborative dialogues, and draw out more value from the participants.

 Lucidchart: Overview & User Tips

Date: June 9, 2022
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where:  Event Recording
Presenters: Chelsea Hicks 

BECOP will have a 2-part series in June. Please note that each presentation stands on its own, you are welcome to attend both, but it is not required. Part 1 is an overview which will describe the common uses and basic operations for this tool used for process mapping and many other visual information uses. You’ll also learn about revision history, comparing current and previous versions and setting up shared and personal folders.How might you use this campus-provided tool to improve your work area? Let’s find out!

Lucidchart: Data Linking & Power Features

Date: June 23, 2022
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: Event Recording
Presenters: Chelsea Hicks

This is part 2 of our Lucidchart series in June. Please note that each presentation stands on its own, you are welcome to attend both, but it is not required. This session will focus on using data linking to create organizational charts and other fixed visuals that display changing input. You’ll also discover some other power features and see how other clients are using Lucidchart for their needs.

What need does your unit have that might benefit by using Lucidchart? Let’s explore!

Lean Six Sigma Course and Scholarship Information Session

Date: May 26, 2022
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Zoom
Event Type: Info Session, Event Recording
Presenter: Angela Miller and Antonio Nava

• Learn about the LSS Green Belt scholarship and understand the application process
• Learn what an LSS Green Belt project entails and tips to come up with a project
• Hear from past LSS Green Belt scholarship recipients 

Business Systems Analysts and Requirements Traceability

Date: March 24, 2022
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Zoom
Event Type: Webinar, Event Recording
Presenter: Stewart McMaken

What does a Business Systems Analyst do?
How important are Requirements?

Whether you are a new project manager or experienced and open to learning more, join us for this insightful and lively look inside the role of Business Systems Analysts and a look at Requirements Traceability: Linking business requirements to stakeholder and solution components and requirements. Helping to manage scope, risk, time, requirements changes, cost and communication.

BECOP New Year Icebreaker Social

Date: February 24, 2022
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Zoom
Event Type: Social Networking
Presenter: Loralyn Cross

BECOP is hosting its first social of the year! In this interactive session, learn more about BECOP and get to know your colleagues in the Business Excellence Community!

Featuring:

• Introduction to BECOP
• Roundtable: Get to Know Your Colleagues
  • Come prepared to introduce yourself, and share a fun fact with the group
  • Select a fun virtual background or filter if you would like!
• Breakout Rooms: Life Stories
  • We will breakout into small groups to get to know each other better by sharing a bit about who we are and what brought us to BECOP

"BOO-COP" Fall Icebreaker Social 

Date: October 28, 2021
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Event Type:  Social Networking
Sponsored by:  BECOP

Ghoulish Giveaway: Prizes for most creative Halloween or Fall themed presence
My BOO Crew Roundtable: Get to know your colleagues
Tricks & Treats: Consider sharing a trick (a feature in an existing app) or a treat (a favorite new app) that you can't live without, Bonus points if it helps with organization or efficiency!

Best Practice Roundtable: Leveraging Collective Genius

Date: September 9, 2021
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Event Type: Workshop
Sponsored by: BECOP
Facilitators: Ana Portlock & Kevin Waldrop

Our BECOP community of Lean Six Sigma, Change Management and Project Management is rich with experience, lessons learned and tips & tricks! Let’s share this knowledge with each other during an informal roundtable based on your collective genius. Advance submissions (a sentence or two) are encouraged and we plan to include impromptu ideas as time allows.

BECOP Book Club -  "Lean Higher Education: Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes"

Join us as we speak with Bill Balzer from Bowling Green State University. Dr. Balzer is the author of Lean Higher Education: Increasing the Value and Performance of University Processes. He is a professor of industrial-organizational psychology at Bowling Green University, where he also holds an appointment as Vice President Faculty Affairs and Strategic Initiatives.

BECOP Icebreaker Social

Date: April 22, 2021
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Event Type: Social Networking

Join us for the first BECOP social of the year! In this interactive session, learn more about BECOP and get to know your colleagues in the Business Excellence Community!

This Project Management training gives anyone the tools to manage a project today. It removes the hurdles often presented by the Project Management Body of Knowledge and provides a common-sense approach to managing Information Services projects. This methodology has been provided to Executives, Certified Project Managers, Help Desk Staff, Engineers and other job classes in Information Services and enabled an expansion of Project Management capabilities in the IS organization. Over 500 individuals have been trained on this method at UC San Diego Health.

Process Landscape

Date: Dec 8, 2020
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: Zoom
Event Type: Webinar, PDF slides
Presenter: Prachi Raheja

Imagine you walk into a department that is slowed down by functional silos, multiple hand-offs, unacceptable delays and backlogs. You are brought in to help. In your core, you know that you need to examine the processes behind all the work that's happening in this area. Everyone is bringing questions to you, and you find yourself thinking, Where do I start? I am not sure I know enough about processes to ask the right questions. What can you do to surge your awareness, build consensus and up the collaboration game, while forging your way to approach process analysis?

Exploring the Magic of Liberating Structures

Date 1: May 5, 2020  1:00pm -2:00pm
Date 2: May 6, 2020 1100am-12pm
Location: Zoom
Event Type: Workshop
Presenter: Melani Roberson (UC San Diego) and Marie Logan (UC Santa Cruz)

Whether Liberating Structures is new to you or you want to learn to modify the method for use when you’re not face to face, this workshop is for you. In a unique collaboration between UC Campuses, Melani Roberson (UC San Diego) and Marie Logan (UC Santa Cruz) are experienced practitioners of this group facilitation technique and have adapted it for use with virtual platforms. You will be introduced to the fundamentals of Liberating Structures and take part in an online group experience. You can expect to be able to use these new skills right away in any group setting.

Urban Monk: Exploring Karma, Consciousness and the Divine

Date: February 26, 2020
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm 
Location: Seuss Room, the Library (West Wing, Main Level)
Event Type: Book Club
Presenter: Rachel Almodovar

Looking for calm in the midst of change? Pandit Dasa, shares these techniques in his book Urban Monk: Exploring Karma, Consciousness and the Divine. The BECOP/Library Book Club will meet in the Seuss Room of the Library to discuss the book. Mark your calendars and join us to share your strategies to bring balance into your daily life.

Pencil & Paper Data – Using the “Operator Worksheet” to take your Process Maps to the next level!

Date: November 8, 2019
Time: 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Location: Webinar, Event Recording 
Presenter: Brad Sollenberger

The Powerpoint Presentation and the Operator Worksheet template are available.

The current state of Current State Maps can be improved. The swim lanes, squares, and diamonds tell us the ‘What’ and the ‘Who’ but what about the “How much?” or the “How long?” and the “How often?”

But there’s no good data? No worries! In this workshop, Brad Sollenberger will walk you through how to build an Operator Worksheet, deploy it to and engage front-line staff, and use the data collected to take your current state maps to the next level!

Could've Been an Email

Date: November 4, 2019
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: The Library, Seuss Room (west wing, 2nd floor, main level)
Event Type: Workshop, PDF Slides
Presenter: Ahren Crickard

Are you making progress or just surviving meetings that could've (or should've) been emails? In this workshop, you'll learn practical steps to productive meetings by: - defining topics that should *and should not* be a meeting - calculating the cost of a meeting - setting clear expectations for meetings - clarifying roles and responsibilities of attendees - creating actionable goals for meetings This interactive workshop will engage attendees in fun, participatory and collaborative activities! It will not be a list...because lists should be sent in an email.

Breaking Bad: Breaking Down Large, Complex Processes and Implementations

Date: October 22, 2019
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Price Center East Governance Chambers, 4th floor
Event Type: Workshop, Event Recording
Presenter: Katie Frehafer and Kevin Waldrop

Unruly, large-scale, complex business and technical processes can be daunting at best. We’ll discuss a UC San Diego pilot program in campus space scheduling used to break down complex processes into smaller, workable projects. This award winning (2019 CHEC, Focus on Efficiency Award) pilot linked multiple Lean Six Sigma Black and Green belts together and performed them in succession to simplify and ensure success.

Book Club

Date: September 5, 2019
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Seuss Room, The Library (west wing, 2nd floor, main level)
Event Type: Book Club,  Download a copy of the discussion questions.
Presenter: Rachel Almodovar

We will be discussing “Go Together” by Shola Richards. Get ready to share your experiences and how you apply ubuntu concepts to everyday life. You do not need to read the book in order to attend this event. This is a joint event with the library. 

Member Spotlight: Ana Portlock and Lynn Underwood

Date: July 25, 2019
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: 111A University Center 
Event Type: Presentation
Presenter: Ana Portlock, Lean Bench member and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt; Lynn Underwood, ProSci Trainer

A Practical Approach for Successful Change Management: We’ve all experienced personal and organizational changes in our lives. Add to that the thought that over the next few years the entire campus will be undergoing changes related to ESR and campus expansion, and the sheer thought is overwhelming. Fortunately for us, there are strategies and tools available that can help manage these changes.
 
A presentation on how to apply one of those methodologies, Prosci, to any change-related endeavor in your life. UC San Diego certified organizational change management practitioners, Ana Portlock and Lynn Underwood, will share some of their best practices and approaches to managing campus changes.

Shola Richards, author of Making Work Work and Go Together, introduced participants to the transformative African concept of Ubuntu (pronounced, oo-BOON-too), which is translated to mean, “I am, because we are.” Additionally, Shola shared how Ubuntu, along with three powerful questions, will have the power to positively transform how we work, live and lead—starting today. Best of all, anyone can do this regardless of job rank, years of experience, level of education or professional title. Lastly, Shola presented a strategy to help the participants to deal more effectively with the challenges that they will face in their lives (professionally or otherwise), while also providing them with an additional tool to ensure that the participants stay committed to putting these strategies into action long after the keynote ends. Shola provided a powerful shot of inspiration for teams and leaders across campus.

See more of Shola Richards on YouTube, a new video posted in February 2020, TEDxSouthLakeTahoe

Ubuntu: The One Word to Change How You Work, Live and Lead

Process Maps GPS (Guidance, Practice & Standards) with Shawn Munro

Date: Febuary 5, 2019
Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: 111A University Center  (Chancellor’s complex conference room)
Event Type: Workshop
Presenter: Shawn Munro, Jacobs School of Engineering APEX and Lean Bench Manager

Please join us for this workshop on foundational process mapping. With the Enterprise Systems Renewal coming up, Shawn Munro, Jacobs School of Engineering APEX and Lean Bench Manager, will present:

o   Basic, foundational principles of process maps

o   Types of process maps of their purpose/use

• Differences in content, i.e., current state mapping v. future state and process levels
• Differences in format, i.e., process landscapes, swim lanes, relationship, SIPOC, etc.

o   Campus standards for process mapping at UC San Diego

There were giveaways of Shola Richards' book "Go Together"

A recording of the event may be found here.

The slide deck may be found here. 

Process Mapping - Shape Basics may be found here.

Lucid Chart Workshop

Date: February 27, 2019
Time: 1:30-2:30 pm
Location: 111A University Center
Event Type: Presentation & Discussion, Event Recording
Presenter: Dave Palmer, Customer Success Manager, Lucid for Education, Lucidchart & Greg Conover, Account Executive for Lucid for Education, Lucidchart

Lucidchart, a web-based diagramming and visualization tool, will be on site for a special session just for UC San Diego! The one hour workshop will provide a basic overview of the Lucidchart solution and various usage (swim lane, SIPOC, process map, and org charts). Lucidchart is a great alternative to Visio and allows for collaboration with individuals and teams of people within our outside of the University and it's available to all faculty and staff.

This is a must attend event!  This session will not be available via ZOOM however, it will be professionally recorded by UCSD and placed on Lucidchart’s You Tube channel. BE-CoP will provide a link to the video after the event.

There were giveaways of Shola Richards' book "Go Together" Shola will be a guest speaker on March 7th. 

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, a Discussion with Dr. Lisa Shaffer

Date: October 16, 2018
Time: 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Location: 111A Conference Room Chancellor’s Complex
Event Type: Book Club
Presenter: Dr. Lisa Shaffer

Dr. Lisa Shaffer on Wednesday Tuesday October 16^th as she leads a discussion on Chip and Dan Heath’s bestseller Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard.

Listed on BECOP’s summer reading list, packed with stories …”the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change”. While we encourage you to read the book, you are welcome to come learn more and be inspired!

About the Speaker: Dr. Lisa Shaffer has enjoyed a 44-year career in government, industry, academia, and the non-profit sector. Her experience includes positions at NASA and NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), focusing on international environmental programs; in strategic planning at an aerospace company; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, as Director of International Relations; and executive director of the UC San Diego Sustainability Solutions Institute. Lisa taught ethics, environmental strategy, and corporate social responsibility at UC San Diego. She is a former Deputy Mayor of the City of Encinitas, serving on the City Council from 2012-2016. Shaffer earned her B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan, and her Ph.D. in public policy from the George Washington University, followed by an MBA from UC San Diego. Currently she is working as a writer and consultant.

BECOP Strategic Planning Session

Date: October 23, 2018
Time: 11:30–2:30 p.m.
Location: 111A Conference Room Chancellor’s Complex
Event Type: Lunch Meeting
Presenter: BECOP Steering Committee

The Business Excellence Community of Practice is inviting all members to lunch and join us for a Strategic Planning session where your input will shape the future of the community for 2019. Please RSVP (accept yes) by Wednesday, September 19th as this will inform us of how many people to order catering for.

BECOP Booth at Research Administrator Appreciation Day (RAAD)

Research Administrators serve an important role in supporting research which is why we want to annually celebrate the critical role they play at UC San Diego. Research Administrator Appreciation Day is one of the biggest events that the RA Training Program hosts. We always look forward to this day to appreciate all the hard work that research administrators put in to everything they do!

Managing Change at UC San Diego:  ESR as an example, a discussion with Dr. Bernadette Han.

Date: September 25, 2018
Time: 10:00-11:00 am
Event Type: Presentation & Discussion, Presentation & Recording are made available upon request: contact Dr. Bernadette Han 
Presenter: Dr. Bernadette Han
Location: Governance Chambers, Price Center East 4^th floor

Whether we’re involved in implementing new services, upgrading systems, improving processes, or just checking off a task in our to-do list, we are contributing to change at some level. Change impacts people and how they work, and people’s level of adoption can make or break the success of the change. There’s no “one-size-fits-all” approach to change management. Come find out about change management strategies, approaches, real-life examples and tools. Bring your experience to share.

Speaker: Dr. Bernadette Han currently serves UC San Diego as Director, Staff Education & Development and Director of Strategic Organizational Change Management for ESR.  UC San Diego Staff Education & Development (SED) is a multi-function division of the Human Resources Department that consists of Learning & Development, Organization Development, and Learning Technologies. SED is responsible for providing complex organization development consulting services and programs, instructor-led and e-learning, instructor support, enrollment management, development and coordination of major professional development programs and processes for UCSD employees; coordination of systemwide development programs and processes for the campus,  self-study library acquisition and administration, administration of the UC Learning Center, oversight of professional development policies and use of educational benefits. SED supports two training facilities, instructor led classes, e-learning, thousands of course enrollments and compliance training reporting. 

Employee Engagement During Times of Change

Date: August 20, 2018
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Event Type: Presentation & Discussion, Event Recording
Presenter: Christi Gilhoi, Employee Engagement Manager, Qualcomm
Location: Price Center Eleanor Roosevelt College (ERC) Room, 2nd Floor

Join Christi Gilhoi, Employee Engagement Manager, Qualcomm as she leads a discussion on Employee Engagement During times of Change. Christi Gilhoi is responsible for designing and executing global employee engagement and recognition programs for Qualcomm. These programs support family, financial, cultural, wellness and personal development initiatives and campaigns through Qualcomm’s global campuses; in short, family, finance and fun! She also oversees cultural arts and philanthropy engagement in the San Diego community. Qualcomm is currently working to drive growth in mobile and capitalize on the opportunity of mobile intersecting a broader set of industries, such as automotive, the Internet of Things, networking and mobile compute. Christi is working to keep their employees engaged and excited to execute.

Checklist Manifesto with Will Ford

Date: July 25, 2018
Time:  12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: EBU1 1103A (Boardroom) Jacob School of Engineering, 1^st Floor
Event Type: Book Club
Presenters: Will Ford, Director, Project Management Office for UC San Diego Health

Join Will Ford, Director, Project Management Office for UC San Diego Health, on Wednesday July 25^th as he leads a discussion on Atul Gawande’s bestselling book Checklist Manifesto. 

In a review, author Malcolm Gladwell states, “The Checklist Manifesto, begins on familiar ground with his experiences as a surgeon. But before long it becomes clear that he is really interested in a problem that afflicts virtually every aspect of the modern world—and that is how professionals deal with the increasing complexity of their responsibilities.”

Listed on BECOP’s summer reading list, you may want to dive into this book now! While we encourage you to read the book, you are welcome to come learn more and be inspired!

Checklist Manifesto Presentation World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist

 Making Every Project a Success!

Presenters: 

• Mojgan Amini, Director Process Management & Continuous Improvement, IT Services
• Ahren Crickard, Office of Executive Vice Chancellor, Academic Strategic Initiatives
• Shawn Munro, Senior Business Process Analyst, Jacobs School of Engineering
• Monique Pascucci, Organizational Consultant/Senior Project Analyst, Office of Program Management and Business integration
• Bradley Sollenberger, Senior Strategic Initiatives Analyst, OSI
• Lynn Underwood, ESR IT Organizational Change Management, IT Services 

A day-long (and free) conference focused on IT, Campus LISA is an annual event that brings together the campus technical community. Attend all, or as much of the conference as you’d like, but don’t miss the BECoP presentation.

Whether you're a business analyst, a programmer, or systems admin, it's imperative to understand that it takes all types of skills and expertise to effectively plan, execute and deliver an outstanding solution – no one can do it alone. The Business Excellence Community of Practice (BECOP) is a consortium of practitioners in the areas of Organizational Change Management, Continuous Improvement based on Lean Six Sigma, and Project Management. These professionals share interests as change agents, business improvement practitioners, project managers and strategists to foster operational excellence. Come learn how you can ensure project success by layering key concepts during the project lifecycle. Bonus content includes a glimpse into Process Palooza and the Lean Bench, programs that are supported by BECOP.

In addition to the BECOP session “Make every project a success” at 1:30 p.m., there are a few other sessions that you may want to catch:

• 10:15 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.: “This is going to hurt. How creating a culture of feedback through radical candor can drive results collaboratively” by Ahren Crickard
• 3 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.: “How to get out of your own way. Get better at facilitating your own career success.” by Allison Flick and Jessica Hilt

Project Momentum

Project Momentum Presentation

Jacobs School of Engineering Project Support Guidelines

Ice Breakers & Ice Cream

• Why Icebreakers?
• Icebreakers for Change Management
• Icebreaker - Two Truths & a Lie
• Icebreaker - Trade Show
• Icebreaker - Talent Show
• Icebreaker - Smartphone Picture Reflection
• Icebreaker - Question Ball
• Icebreaker - One Word
• Icebreaker - Hot Potato Camera
• Icebreaker - Find 10 Things in Common
• Icebreaker - Candy Confessions

Making Project Planning a Success

Making Project Planning a Success slides.

Current State - Find Out What Really Happens

BECOP Current State Group Notes

Understanding Current State 2018 slides

Leading Teams and Creating Effective Organizational Change - "Radical Candor" by Kim Scott

January Bookclub Presentation

Summer Reading List

Event Type: Book Club
 Date: Summer 2018
 Presenter: BECOP
 Location:  Self-paced
 Track: All 

Summer Reading List

Based on your input we’ve prepared a reading list for your summer vacations and days at the beach! 

• Checklist Manifesto:  Amazon Link  
  • Wednesday July 25, 2018, Noon to 1:00pm, Location: EBU1 1103A (Boardroom) Jacob School of Engineering, 1^st Floor.  
  • Join Will Ford, Director, Project Management Office for UC San Diego Health, on Wednesday July 25^th as he leads a discussion on Atul Gawande’s bestselling book Checklist Manifesto.
• Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard: Amazon Link  
  • Tuesday October 16th,1:30pm -2:30pm, Location: To be confirmed.  
  • Join Dr. Lisa Shaffer as she leads a discussion on Chip and Dan Heath’s bestseller Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard. Listed on BECOP’s summer reading list, packed with stories …”the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change”. 
• Making Work Work Amazon Link
• Lean for Higher Education: Amazon Link
• Hitchhikers Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road: Amazon Link
• Primal Leadership:  Amazon Link
• Leading Change (change management): Amazon Link  

What are you reading this summer? Please share with the group on our discussion thread here: http://becop.ucsd.edu/discussion

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