Anica Addison 18 FEB 2020 ASQ Dinner at Favazza

Anica Addison, VP Operational Excellence, Equifax Workforce Solutions

18 Feb 2020

Remaining Relevant – Leverage Continuous Improvement Skills to Enable Design Thinking and Drive Business Transformation

Have you recently found yourself wondering if the skills you’ve spent your whole career learning even matter anymore in a world where “disruptive change” seems to have become the norm?  This discussion highlights the challenges with traditional continuous improvement techniques and focuses on the need to approach strategic transformations using design thinking.

We will look at best practices using tools from our continuous improvement toolkits that can be applied within a design thinking methodology.  With a few small changes to how we approach problem solving, we can be ready to help our organizations (and ourselves) accelerate the pace and scale of change required to experience true transformation.

Anica Addison, Vice President

Anica Addison currently serves as Vice President, Operational Excellence leading Business Process Transformation efforts for the Equifax Workforce Solutions Business unit which she joined in 2018.  Prior to Equifax, Anica worked in healthcare technology where she held various leadership roles that allowed her to develop continuous improvement culture in a rapidly growing organization.

She had so much fun transitioning her learnings about processes from a semi-conductor manufacturing background into healthcare that she decided to try financial services next!  Anica is a passionate leader who advocates using design thinking and data based decision making to realize top and bottom line results.  Her experience with Process Improvement spans nearly 20 years and a variety of methodologies including Quality Engineering, Lean, and Six Sigma.  Anica holds certifications from the American Society for Quality as a Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) and a Certified Manager of Quality & Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE).

ASQ St. Louis Section Monthly Dinner Meeting

Tuesday, Feb 18, 2020
05:30 PM – 09:00 PM Central

Location

Favazza
5201 Southwest Avenue
St Louis, MO 63139
314-772-4454