The CI Practitioners Programme (previously called Lean for Leaders) is a great way to meet like-minded colleagues from across the University and pick up improvement skills that you can use straight away. It will also support you to deliver a project that you can be proud of.

Target Audience: Staff who are responsible for leading change or improvement initiatives and who want to deliver a meaningful Continuous Improvement Project.

In this course we explore a model to gain consensus of the key issues needing addressed for significant improvement to be made.

Target Audience: Those who have an interest in Continuous Improvement

This session examines the fact that not all tasks are equal and explores how to categorise and prioritise to get best results.

Target Audience: Those who have an interest in Continuous Improvement

For those who feel time is not on their side, a short course of practical tips to create capacity in your day.

Target Audience: All staff

This course is aimed at developing your skills and confidence when facilitating improvement workshops.

Target Audience: Staff who are facilitating for the first time and are seeking a structure and guidance to develop from or staff currently involved in facilitation who seek tips and guidance to hone existing skills.

Do you feel wholly reliant on measures and numbers to understand how your processes are working? This session offers an alternative to really understand how the work is done.

Target Audience: Staff who have an interest in improving performance incrementally day by day.

This course explores a quick and simple model to assess the impact of a piece of work and improve for the future.

Target Audience: Those who have an interest in Continuous Improvement

On average less than 5% of the lead time of any given process is spent on what the customer really wants. This session will give you the tools to grow the value in your processes by removing waste.

Target Audience: Staff who have an interest in improving performance incrementally day by day.

Is the big objective too overwhelming and you never progress toward it? This session demonstrates scientific improvement via small, considered experiments.

Target Audience: Staff who have an interest in improving performance incrementally day by day.

Do you spend more time looking for files and emails than you do working on them? This session looks at workplace organisation and sustainable structure.

Target Audience: Staff who have an interest in improving performance incrementally day by day.

This course looks at two non obtrusive and stress free methods of gathering personal feedback to improve.

Target Audience: Those who have an interest in Continuous Improvement

Issues with consistency within the team? Similar work but different outcomes? This session provides the skills to drive standardisation and consistency in the workplace.

Target Audience: Staff who have an interest in improving performance incrementally day by day.

This course looks at how structured communication can help your team achieve their goals.

Target Audience: Staff who have line management responsibilities.

Lots of issues and not enough solutions? This session provides a systematic method of analysing an issue, implementing the best solution, and sustaining the change.

Target Audience: Staff who have an interest in improving performance incrementally day by day.

This course looks at integrating improvement seamlessly into your daily routine.

Target Audience: Staff who have line management responsibilities.

This course identifies the behaviours and structures which create the environment for supporting staff to innovate within their own teams.

Target Audience: Staff with Team Lead responsibilities

This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to be able to identify what types of benefits could be achieved with an improvement mindset, and how these can be measured to demonstrate the improvement.

Target Audience: Those who have an interest in Continuous Improvement