Culture

Do you work in the type of culture that you would recommend to your customers?

Organizational culture is a curious thing. People assume there is a UT culture or an IPS culture. However, although there may be some similar characteristics about our cultures, there is not ONE culture.

And, for anyone who thinks there is an IPS culture, spend a few days in an agency other than your own. It is fascinating to me how different the cultures of our agencies have become. Part of it is because of history and tradition passed down from employee to employee and director to director. Part of it is the personality types of the employees who make up a majority of the workforce, for example engineers versus city managers.

The IPS Leadership Team is working to improve our culture in a number of ways. If you have suggestions, pass them on. Let's aspire to have the type of organizational culture that we would recommend to our customers.