Releasing Your Inner Innovator

Kathleen PenneyCH2M HILL

SHRP2 2012 Starts

Complex Project Management Tools

Prefabricated Bridge Designs for Rapid

Renewal

Preservation on High Volume Roadways

Training for Traffic Incident Responders

Organizing for Reliability

Eco-Logical: Integrating Ecosystem & Highway

Planning

SHRP2 2013 Starts

TCAPP

Performance Specs for Rapid Renewal

Integrating Utility/Transportation

Model Railroad Agreements

Long-Life Pavement Design

Web Tool for Non-destructive Testing

Top Innovations in Transportation

1. Financing projects2. Accelerating project development

and construction3. Better traffic operations4. More sophisticated decisions

Innovation for Managers

Create a culture of innovationAn effective leader of innovation is

not a creative geniusBring people togetherSupport creative effortsProvide boundariesIs there laughter in your office?

Innovation for the workers

CollaborateLife-long learningBe transparentEnlist supportFailure is OK, but mitigate the risks