Building New Peaks with Mt. Pyramid Peak
Our first April Black Belt Class, Mt. Pyramid Peak, is ready to launch some spring innovations. The 20 participants of Cohort 62 represented 8 City and County of Denver agencies […]
It’s 2017 and Life is Good
Recently, Tom Chase, a good friend and the director of the Denver Human Services process improvement team, recommended the book Life is Good: How to Live with Purpose and Enjoy […]
Four Months of Focusing Within: Dalton Weisshaar and the Power of Changing What We Can Control
Dalton Weisshaar attended the Peak Academy Black Belt training in July of 2016 and in just four short months, he has already completed four innovations. Those innovations have saved the […]
Q&A with a recent Governmental Entrepreneurial Leadership Accelerator graduate, Marla Trevor
There are accelerators for tech startups (Techstars, Boomtown), startups with female leadership (MergeLane), and global social entrepreneurship (Unreasonable Institute), but there’s an important area missing: an accelerator for entrepreneurs innovating […]
Twin Peaks
Written by Inger Brinck, City Performance, Office of the Controller, City and County of San Francisco When I joined the City and County of San Francisco in 2013, I had […]
No Time to Be a Mentor? Here’s Why Making Time for Another Might be the Most Important Contribution You Make
Last year Peak launched a mentorship program and the results amazed us. Employees with a mentor: Identified 20% more in savings Actualized 40% more in savings One thing Peak has […]
DEN Peak Performance Goes on a Field Trip!
By Cassie Schoon, Performance Specialist, DEN Airport Part of continuous improvement is to reach outside of one’s own immediate experience and view processes from a slightly different perspective. For myself […]
Colorado Love: Denver Peak Academy Teaches in Loveland
Last week, Denver Peak Academy traveled to Loveland, Colorado to teach a Black Belt class to employees from Larimer County and the City of Fort Collins. The 16 students came […]
Parks Employees Give Denver Flower Power
I first met the Denver Parks crew at Southwest Ruby Hill/Barnum last summer. I spent the day with horticulturalists Haakon Sletten and Mike Cockrell as they tended to the already […]
We Left Our Hearts in San Francisco
This week, Peak Academy traveled to San Francisco to train 30 employees from the City of San Francisco’s Controller’s Office, City Services Auditor team. The employees conducted gemba walks in […]
Providence Innovation Department Staff Take Peak Back to the Ocean State
Building on momentum from attending last October’s Denver Peak Academy Black Belt Class, Chief Innovation Officer Nicole Pollock returned to Providence bursting with ideas to create meaningful impacts within its […]
Making the Greenhouse Glow: Julie Lehman and Innovations in Plants
Julie Lehman has a great job. Instead of going to an office every day, she goes to a greenhouse. Julie and her staff work to order, grow, and distribute all […]
From DePop-a-lu-la to DePop-a-boo-ya: Changing the Library’s Circulation Process for New Books
Lisa Faliano is a senior library clerk for the books. In 2015, she saved the Denver Public Library $184,280 in soft costs through three innovations. The largest of the three […]
Innovations at the Airport Lift Off with Big Savings
At Denver International Airport, so much of the work required to keep things running smoothly is done well away from the public eye. In the hidden tunnels, offices, and service […]
Changing First Impressions: Jenna Humphreys and Innovations in Animal Protection
For many years, Animal Protection Officers have developed a reputation as dog catchers. Thanks to children’s movies and folklore, residents view Animal Protection Officers with skepticism, perceiving their sole mission […]
The Most Powerful Trait
I recently had a conversation with a colleague interested in applying for a promotion. “I don’t think I have what it takes,” she said, “I don’t have an MBA.” I […]
