Friday, April 23, 2010

2010 Preconstruction Retreat

I would like to thank everyone for attending and contributing to a successful retreat. The focus of the retreat this year was teamwork. A team cannot be successful without communication, both within the team and outside of the team. The one point that came up a few times was that all of UDOT is one team. It does not matter if you work in Project Development, Region one, two, three, or four, The Maintenance division, Construction division, or any other area within UDOT, everyone is considered by the public as representatives of UDOT. We need to find ways to help others on the team be successful no matter where they call home. If we work together with other areas we become more efficient and productive. Our Region group numbers only twenty people, but as a UDOT Team we number over Seventeen hundred. We need to use our resources effectively, so by taking advantage of other resources outside of Region One preconstruction we improve our performance and Transportation in Utah as a whole. Always remember what happens in other areas concerns all of us because we are one Team.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Malcolm Gladwell Feb. 2009

Why do some succeed where others fail? What makes high-achievers different?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh9ax4QvzoQ

Malcolm Gladwell 2004 Presentation

What we can learn from Spaghetti sauce

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiAAhUeR6Y