Bright Spots: Leading with Heart
Innovate or… How do you know when it’s time to make a change? The concept of innovation and continuous improvement doesn’t always emerge from having the right amount of time, […]
Congrats Denver Public Library!
Congrats to the Denver Public Library (DPL) Black Belt cohort! During the week of May 21st, 2018 Peak Academy hosted 13 DPL staff members representing departments from across the library. […]
Cohort #75 (Ice Mountain) Is Bound for Greatness
On May 7, 2018, Denver Peak Academy had a total of 20 individuals, representing several organizations within and external to the City and County of Denver go through Black Belt […]
Rock Stars In The Making-Cohort #74
Congratulations to April’s Cohort #74! Not only did they rock their week of Black Belt Training, they hit the ground running with the first innovation submitted a mere 72 hours […]
Denver Public Library Western History Archives Rearranged Their Spaces Using Lean Principles
Peak training helped us learn to identify where time is wasted in work days in our department. As a result, we learned to apply the principles to just about every […]
How Cultivating Passion Can Increase Employee Engagement
We’ve all heard the term employee engagement before, and we also know how hard it is to achieve. When I think of employee engagement, some things that come to mind […]
Just the Beginning for Cohort 73 – Pigeon Peak
Each month, we get to meet amazing employees from around the city (and elsewhere) who attend Black Belt training to learn new skills, develop professionally, and ultimately make incredible contributions […]
nudge me just a little BIT
nudge /nej/ verb Prod someone gently in order to draw their attention to something. Nudge. You’ve likely nudged, and if you’ve ever been a kid who was slow to […]
Peak Book Summary: Peak Performance
In the book Peak Performance by Brian Elms (Innovation Practice lead at Change and Innovation Agency) with J.B. Wogan (Journalist at Governing Magazine), we investigate the new science of success […]
Guess Who’s Back…
Some of you already know me, but please allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is Patrice Hawkins, and I just returned to the Peak Academy
Congrats Cohort 72! – Columbia Point
Congratulations to Cohort #72! We had a total of 20 individuals representing several organizations within and external to the City and County of Denver. The groups represented include: City Council Clerk […]
New kid on the Peak block
My name is Amanda & I’m the newb on the Peak team. Although I’m new to Peak, I’ve been with the City & County of Denver for the last nine […]
How Data Driven Decisions Inspired Empathy at Public Health Inspections
Yes, data can inspire empathy. In fact, it was the end result of a Peak partnership for the Residential Housing team at Denver’s Public Health Inspections division. In January of […]
From Boards to Riches: Developing Clarity through Organization
By Joel Drahos, Associate Recruiter, Denver Office of Human Resources – January 2018. Track, track, track, this is what they tell us – in leadership books, at the Peak Academy training, […]
Bright Spot: An Incredible Innovation for Nursing Mothers
Picture this, you are a new mother just returning to work and you find out there are two private lactation rooms in your work building complete with comfy couches and […]
Conference Room Scheduling Innovation in Denver’s Wellington Webb Building
Everyone knows the story; a few years back, after Eric Wolf, a Business Data Analyst with the Denver Department of Finance, took Denver Peak Academy’s Black Belt Training, he started […]
