Best Practices
Flowerbed Magic
Denver’s parks are filled with some of the most amazing flowers and flowerbeds in the state of Colorado.
Denver’s parks are filled with some of the most amazing flowers and flowerbeds in the state of Colorado. And thanks to Denver Parks & Recreation – Julie Lehman, her staff (The Greenhouse), and the Peak Academy’s Black Belt Training, the City Park Greenhouse’s Spring Plant Distribution Process is more efficient than ever.
According to Julie Lehman, Operation Supervisor, the 2015 Spring Plant Distribution Process was “not well defined and too open ended.” Which resulted in “everyone choosing something different and changing the process to fit their needs daily without concern for the whole.”
So in the Spring of 2016, Julie and her team put their Peak Black Belt Tools to work, identified points to improve within the Spring Plant Distribution Process, and eliminated a sizable amount of the processes’ waste. Watch the video above to learn more.
JerraudPeakAcademy
Jerraud Coleman is a creative, data-driven, focused, and positive Deputy Director for the City and County of Denver's Peak Academy.
For the past seven years, alongside an exceptional team of continuous improvement professionals, he helps direct, generate, and facilitate process improvement events throughout Denver, Colorado, and the nation.
He trains employees of government, non-profits, and other enterprises (nationally, abroad and at all levels) in the principles and methods of continuous improvement, performance, and change management tools like Lean, the Four Disciplines of Execution (Covey), & PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act/Adjust).
He also works at promoting and sharing the methods mentioned above via blogs, social media, workshops/improvement events, and conferences.
Jerraud believes that "sharing and talking about continuous improvement tools can help enterprises identify and sustain the elimination of any waste or pain point found within any process or system." Thus, resulting in happier customers, employees, and organizations.
Moreover, regarding his work with the City & County of Denver, Jerraud believes in "creating a world-class place where everybody matters matter," primarily through systems-thinking, more productive, valuable, and efficient processes.
Jerraud holds a BFA (in Integrated Arts) from the University of Colorado, Boulder, a Lean Black Belt certificate from Regis University, and a handful of certifications from Coursera in Data Science tools and methods.
