PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK CULTURE HACK

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BACKGROUND

WHO IS TIDEWAY?

Tideway is the company delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel. It is owned by a consortium of investors, and more than two million pensioners have an indirect investment in Tideway through UK pension funds managed by those investors.

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CHALLENGE

MASTER QUESTION

How can the UK’s critical infrastructure projects become more innovative?

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OUR APPROACH

CULTURE HACK

It’s the circulation system of the nation. It must be healthy and free flowing. But today, it’s becoming clogged.

Railways are crowded, roads congested, the population is growing, and demand for travel is rising.

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Impact

Europe’s biggest construction project.

The 4 biggest entities working across it HS2. Cross rail, TIDEWAY, and Thames Water.

400 employees and engineers taken through our INNOVATION HACK process in 4 hours.

50+ innovation and process changes identified.

6 of them received joint investment from the four entities to progress.

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“THE BUZZ IN THE ROOM HAS BEEN REALLY PALPABLE”

SIMON WRIGHT - PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, CROSSRAIL

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