The School of Chemical Engineering supports the “Staff-Inspired Transformation” initiative. This initiative is designed to encourage our staff to participate in the process of identifying inefficiencies in our work processes, brainstorming ways to improve how we operate, and developing proposals to present to groups of individuals who will evaluate these proposals for implementation. All supervising staff and faculty are encouraged to reinforce this effort by adding their personal support to this important initiative as we strive for operational excellence. Arvind Varma, Head Sangtae Kim, Associate Head From: Engfaculty-list [mailto:engfaculty-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Dean Leah Jamieson Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 1:52 PM Subject: Staff-inspired Transformation - Invitation to Participate [Purdue University] [College of Engineering] Leah H. Jamieson The John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dear Colleagues, As the College of Engineering has expanded over the past few years, we have also tried to transform it. Many staff members have been active participants in discussions on transformation. We are eager to have staff members as full participants in the transformation process. Your insights and efforts can make our operations and services more efficient, transparent, and inclusive. I invite each staff member to become part of this transformation process by submitting ideas on how we can improve one or more of our operations or services. The list of ideas will be consolidated, and each staff member will then be able to join a team to create a proposal to implement the idea. Finally, teams will be invited to present their proposals to a group of staff and faculty who will recommend the proposals to be implemented. Staff members are invited to propose ideas for changes staff members can implement (with the support of their supervisors and resources, as needed, from the College). The changes should lead to the College having one or more of the characteristics identified as being important to our future success. Some of these characteristics were identified in a survey administered last year. They include: striving for excellence and being creative, dynamic, transparent, inclusive, innovative, open to change, collaborative, and efficient. Ideas can be big or small; resources for teams will be available as they create their proposals for presentation. A webpage has been created to give an overview of the process<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/staff-transformation>. Please submit your idea(s) by completing the idea submission form<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/staff-transformation/suggestions> by Friday, March 25. If you have any questions, please contact Will Sondgerath at wsondger@purdue.edu<mailto:wsondger@purdue.edu>. We look forward to receiving your ideas as we begin this endeavor. Best, leah [https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/Images/2016-le...] Office of the Dean Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering • 701 Stadium Avenue • West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 (765) 494-9321<tel:+17654949321> • lhj@purdue.edu<mailto:lhj@purdue.edu> • engineering.purdue.edu<https://engineering.purdue.edu>