In fact, we were just honored by the Mid America Association of State Transportation Officials for our innovative approach to the Route 5 Shared Four-Lane project.
Our recognized success in using innovative ideas and processes has depended on two major factors.
First, we’ve been willing to take risks. We’ve stuck our necks out to try new ideas. And that’s taken a full-team effort.
As chief engineer, I want to encourage employees to be bold in taking risks as they meet new challenges. How do we do that? Well, we have to be willing to fail now and then. We have to learn from our failures and get better because of them. I want to support a culture that isn’t afraid to balance risk with reward.
The other factor that built our reputation is our ability to adopt new ideas.
Every year, we host the Innovations Showcase. This event brings together innovations and inventions created by our own employees. Often it is a tool or process created by the person actually doing the day-to-day job.
While great ideas are always showcased at this event, it’s our ability to put them into practice that makes them truly successful. This approach is critical to our continued success.
Good reputations are hard to earn, but they are even harder to maintain. By being bold and putting innovation to work at MoDOT, I think our reputation for innovation will stick for many years to come.
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