BE Challenge’s final judging phase is underway.
Humber’s Office of Research & Innovation (ORI) is delighted to announce that 10 employee-submitted solutions are finalists in The 2022 Butterfly Effect (BE) Challenge:
- Course Fee Calculator
- Gecko Live Chat Widget (for Student Customer Service)
- IT Email Template (to Confirm Support Request Received)
- Operation Excellence (Tech Zone Tablet Charging)
- Outlook Templates
- QR Code for Lakeshore Campus Map
- QRevolution (QR Codes for Office of Sustainability Info)
- Recycled Waste Material to Personalized Gifts
- Streamlining Indigenous Student Residence Applications
- Upgrading (International Student) Webchat PowerPoints to Run Automatically
Following a review of the submitted solutions and one-on-one interviews conducted with the employee participants, the ORI team has confirmed that the 10 finalist projects have met The 2022 BE Challenge criteria: they are low-cost or no-cost integration and/or automation solutions that improved on-campus or remote work arrangements for the Humber community.
The next step is for a confidential judging panel of industry volunteers to independently evaluate and rank the finalist projects. Based on the collective results of the panel, Humber’s Ginger Grant, PhD., Dean, Research and Innovation, will make the final approval of the top-ranked solutions selected out of the finalists.
Stay tuned for the announcement of The 2022 BE Challenge champions.
About the Butterfly Effect Challenge
The Butterfly Effect (BE) Challenge seeks to discover and celebrate Humber College’s front-line innovators. The BE Challenge looks for simple, low-cost or no-cost integration and/or automation solutions that have already been implemented by Humber’s support staff and non-managerial administrative staff. The solutions can improve both on-campus and remote work arrangements.
Humber’s front-line colleagues are continuously improving the Humber experience, but their ideas and solutions often remain hidden in plain sight. This initiative is part of a broader Inclusive Research & Innovation training program the Humber Office of Research & Innovation (ORI) has been piloting this year. ORI staff have been trained in the principles and processes of Inclusive Innovation, and they launched and managed The 2022 Butterfly Effect Challenge over the summer and fall.
Please reach out to the Humber Office of Research & Innovation team at be@humber.ca if you’re interested in learning more about the BE Challenge.
