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A truly paperless office may see like a distant dream. City and County of Denver employee, Laura Hammock, made this dream into a reality. Laura works with the Hearings Office. […]
A truly paperless office may see like a distant dream. City and County of Denver employee, Laura Hammock, made this dream into a reality. Laura works with the Hearings Office. She is a Black Belt superstar having completed six innovations since she went through the Black Belt training last year. When she had the idea to try to get her office into the paperless utopia, her colleagues and bosses were more than happy to jump on board and support her efforts (her office is also working collaboratively on a number of other innovations focused on increasing mediation for City Employees)
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To begin this daunting task, Laura determined that printing every piece of paper coming through the Hearings Office was unnecessary. Especially since every document was already being saved electronically on a shared drive. In order to make the switch, Laura helped to create an electronic pleadings index and number the pleadings accordingly, which allowed them to begin saving everything to the new these new pleadings folders. This change has saved Laura and her department time and resources. This savings can be calculated into both hard and soft savings. Here are her calculations:
If you are interested in going paperless in some of your processes, her example is a great way to calculate the savings. Approximately $5,000 still needs to be spent on files that are required to be printed. In total Laura was able to help save her department over $15,000 a year by making the switch.
Sophia works with the Peak Academy. Currently, she heads up the Peak Performers Mentor Program, trains Black Belt and Green Belt courses, and works with agencies to help foster and support innovation. Sophia's "bright spot" at work is getting to work with so many different departments and sharing tools that allow others to see their own innovations make a difference. Previously, she worked with Rocky Mountain Human Services in both their Adult Services, case management for adults with developmental disabilities, as well as in their Educational Department teaching career planning classes. Sophia was a trained Montessori teacher and has taught High School and Middle School in both Ecuador and Chile.
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