Visual Management Boards and Huddles

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Visual management is about helping leaders, staff and our customers see our processes and systems in a timely manner.

A Visual Management (VM) Board is a visual communication tool that provides at-a-glance information about daily work and ongoing performance. This tool can help leaders and staff plan, coordinate, and manage daily work as well as monitor ongoing improvement projects and performance measures.

You can make your Visual Management board and huddles work for your team but it should include the categories:

  • Team’s purpose and core process
  • Team communication (e.g., memos, wellbeing & resiliency, cheers for peers)
  • Daily flow information (e.g., demand & capacity, staffing etc.)
  • Safety (past, present, future, prevention and spread)
  • Improvement ideas/projects
  • Performance measures

It is key to have team engagement through updating & reviewing the board, and, discussing at regular interactive Huddles.

Learning Opportunities

Learn more about Visual Management Boards and Huddles in MyConnection under MyLearning by searching Visual Management Boards and Huddles.

New* Introduction to Visual Management Boards and Huddles. This foundational module serves as a prerequisite for future Visual Management Boards and Huddles training. For further learning and/ or support please see the support request links below. Learning opportunities are also highlighted in Leader Resources and SHA Rounds. 

Road Map Priority

Implementation of Visual Management Boards and Huddles for every SHA team is an SHA Roadmap Priority. The target for 2025-26 was to have all Visual Management matured to a level 3 in each category. 

The deliverable for 2026-27 is to “Drive improvement and safety by strengthening visual management practices with a targeted focus on advancing the Performance category to a maturity score of 4.0” 

All leaders are required to assess their Visual Management Boards and Huddles using the VM Maturity Assessment Tool and enter it in the Visual Management Maturity Assessment Tracking site. Ongoing communication can be found in Leader Resources.

SHA Visual Management Boards and Huddles Highlights

Share with us photos/screenshots of your Boards and success stories of how you are using your boards and huddles.

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Visual Management Examples

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Visual Management Boards and Huddles Resources

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Contact

All other questions or information requests can be directed to qilearning@saskhealthauthority.ca.