STC Executive Surprised by Cultural Changes from Office Move… A Move That Hasn’t Even Happened Yet

When Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC) announced that in January 2018 they would be moving their headquarters along with their Software Engineering services into the downtown Phoenix Warehouse district (home to companies such as PT Web, Galvanize, and R&R Marketing), they were unaware of the energy generated by being a part of this innovation community, even before moving.

CEO Michael Popovich said, “The simple fact that our company knows we are moving, and have had the opportunity to see firsthand what the Warehouse District offers, has created a new level of excitement and energy in a 30-year-old company. We are working to re-invent ourselves for the next 30 years and this is the energy we need.”  One example: Dave Lesser, Director of Product Innovation at STC, suggested a 24-hour period in which all who wanted to participate could work on anything they wanted, followed by presentations the next day.

That launched the Ideas Start Here Day at STC that was scheduled for August 24, 2017. With help from the STC Marketing team, who turned the day into a summer camp theme, staff from throughout STC formed Idea teams. Twenty-six hours after the event started, 19 teams presented their projects and ideas to the company. Ideas ranged from blockchains to podcasts, from new product ideas to improving existing ones.

Popovich said, “During the presentations, I learned as much about our people as I did the value ofprojects to the organization. You often know the job the individual does every day, but rarely do you know or appreciate all the skills and ideas they have. When at 2 AM some of the teams were still working on their projects, I knew the power of positive energy.  I cannot wait to move to our new headquarters in downtown Phoenix.”  The company has estimated the ideas generated will result in hundreds of thousands of dollars of savings in 2018 alone and for the new product ideas, the sky is the limit right now.

The man who suggested the Ideas Day, Dave Lesser, who already leads an STC team in temporary space at Galvanize in the District, said of the event, “This is what great companies do. They look for ways to innovate, and create community and high-energy culture.” He pointed out models from Amazon and Google and stressed the benefit of the energy already around the Warehouse District move.

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