Work Smarter Together June 2024 Newsletter

Welcome to the June 2024 WST Newsletter

Welcome to the December edition of the Work Smarter Together Newsletter – ‘Time for work’. In this newsletter we asked colleagues from across UCD to reflect on how they create and manage the time they need to do their work. This is a topic the Agile team hears frequently as we support the continuous improvement efforts all across UCD. The …

WST Summer School sessions are back

Booking is now open for the WST Summer School sessions. WST Summer School is where we invite you to participate in one of our small hands on peer-to-peer sessions to learn some information from your colleagues across the organisation. What does that mean? Each session is hosted by a colleague within the organisation who has a skill set, a process …

The Water Cooler

Welcome to The Water Cooler, our newest WST feature. Here, we take some time to look at a topic that is impacting the organisation and everyone who works in UCD. Nothing fits this description more than the introduction of Workvivo. The new employee engagement platform which was introduced to all staff across UCD on May 8th. We managed to get …

A Day in the Life - Mary Staunton

I had the chance to catch up with Mary Staunton, for a Day in the Life interview at the end of last week. It’s difficult not to talk to Mary for exactly as long as she will let you. She’s warm, engaging, hilarious and so inspiring. She told me a little about her journey through cancer and how it influenced …

A Day in the Life – Sasha Smith

Who are you? My name is Sasha Smith and I am the SEA in UCD Classical Museum. How did you get here? What was the journey to UCD? I did a BA in History of Art and Greek and Roman Civilisation here at UCD and then stayed on to do an MA in Classics. After that, I completed …

Creating the UCD School of Business Event Register

How the project came about: What was the need In short, the need was for a shared, specifically Google, calendar. The problem, if you like, was three fold. It had been raised, almost in passing, about events being planned on top of one another. Obviously this leads to a conclusion that having a list of events would be of use …

Time perception and combating cognitive overload with David Delaney

Time Perception & Combating Cognitive Overload -David Delaney by Donna Carroll

CoP Spotlight - Event Managers

Who are you? I am Donna Carroll, Agile Coordinator. The rest of the EM CoP committee are: Elizabeth Bruton, Communications and Engagement Officer, UCD Earth Institute Jason Masterson, Facilities Manager, Estate Services Mary Staunton, Communications Manager, Communications Office Alessia Talarico, Career Development Assistant, Careers Network We are the Event Manager Committee for the next 12 months. We meet once a …

Time for Work

Caroline Hackman, Service Desk Manager, IT Services When Emma from UCD Agile approached us about Time for Work, she asked us to share something specific in relation to our recent experience. In 2021 we migrated our support service towards a proactive Service Desk model with a centralised IT Support Hub that offers IT related support and guidance to our community, …

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