Transformation Office
About
The Transformation Office exists to provide a unified, disciplined, and transparent approach to delivering Memorial’s most critical strategic and change initiatives.
The Transformation Office’s purpose is to:
- ensure institution wide alignment
- build organizational project and change management capacity
- foster business excellence
- enable successful implementation of Memorial Evolve priorities
In the face of significant and ongoing pressures, Memorial must respond to safeguard its viability and vibrancy. The Transformation Office is supporting the university to meet this moment by providing a unified, disciplined, and transparent approach to delivering initiatives on time and on budget.
The Transformation Office is the mechanism to meet this moment and ensure alignment with Memorial Evolve.
Scope
Prioritized Transformation Office projects will, for the most part, be large and broad in scope. Examples include administrative efficiency and modernization (executive restructuring, process optimization) and asset management (divestment, SIE review).
Guiding principles
In line with Memorial Evolve, the Transformation Office will prioritize projects that align with its focus areas and will apply the following guiding principles in its engagements:
- collaboration and co-creation
- transparency and open communication
- data-informed and evidence-based decision making
- student-centered and community-responsive transformation
- urgency with discipline
- continuous improvement
- iterative learning and adopting an enterprise perspective