Spotlight on Degenkolb Engineers - Innovation

This month we highlight Degenkolb Engineers' commitment to innovation as a crucial aspect of their organizational strategy to enhance competitiveness and retain skilled professionals. The “Innovation HUB” employee committee at Degenkolb, "focuses on idea development and vetting of new ideas designed to foster a culture of innovation, leading to new and improved products and services that benefit our staff, clients, communities, and profession. We guide the development of projects that focus on disruptive innovation versus incremental improvements (e.g. internal efficiency). We use the Build-Measure-Learn loop for new ideas that could generate firm revenue outside of the traditional practice of selling hours.”

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Michael Braund, SE, PE, Chief Operating Officer at Degenkolb had this to say about the benefits they’ve seen from this committee… “Degenkolb’s Innovation Hub, in partnership with the Applied Technology Team, is where bold ideas turn into real impact. We prototype, test, and launch ideas that boost efficiency and expand our services beyond billable hours. The Innovation Hub empowers any employee to bring new creativity into the firm and have already seen many successful ideas become part of our engineer’s daily workflow.”

Degenkolb is a company striving to always improve the experience for employees and clients. If you would like more information about Degenkolb and current opportunities, please visit the SECareers  company page for Degenkolb Engineers.