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Nathaniel is a Process Improvement Analyst with Denver Peak Academy. Before joining the team full-time, he spent time interning at the City and County of Denver and the City of Miami. While in Denver, he assisted Peak Academy with facilitating and innovating the training curriculum. With Miami, he worked in the Strategic Planning Office assisting with projects for the three-year strategic plan and the Miami Innovation Academy. Through his internship experiences, Nathaniel built a strong love for process improvement and public service.
Nathaniel grew up in Aurora, CO and received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL), majoring in English and minoring in Public Relations.

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How Denver EXL 6S’d Over 300,000 Files in One Rapid Improvement Event

When the Covid-19 pandemic began, agencies all throughout the City and County of Denver were hard at work identifying what they needed to innovate to adapt to the current circumstances. […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on February 3, 2021

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Innovating to Make Voting More Accessible to Denver Residents

In the world of government, innovations can have long-standing, drastic impacts on residents. As innovators, it is important to develop a deeper understanding on who is being effected and whether […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on February 12, 2020

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Bright Spots: Miami Innovation Academy

Denver Peak Academy has had the privilege of training over 900 individuals representing over 200 agencies from outside of the City and County of Denver. Many of these participants attend […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on November 13, 2019

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Bright Spots: Leya Hartman – City Council Aide, District 8 (Cohort 89)

Leya Hartman is a City Council Aide for Councilman Christopher Herndon of District 8, an area that includes Park Hill, Stapleton, and portions of East Colfax and Montbello. She went […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on October 29, 2019

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Bright Spots: Alice Huang – City of Boulder (Cohort 88)

Bright Spot Q&A Tell us a little about yourself; what should the world know about you? I’m from Michigan, I’ve also lived in upstate New York, Boston, and New Zealand […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on September 5, 2019

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The Power of Accountability

The Circle is Born Karen Westendorp, Christina Hadera, Hilary Thompson, and Amy Lowell (pictured in the same order above) all work for the Office of Human Relations (OHR) and all […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on August 27, 2019

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Bright Spots: Innovating Child Welfare Placement at Denver Human Services

The Innovation: Child Welfare Placement Packets Why Change Was Needed The placement process is very complex with different requirements depending on the situation/type of placement (emergency vs. non-emergency, business hours […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on July 10, 2019

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The First Annual Peak Academy Awards Recap

On Thursday May 23rd, the Peak Team hosted the first ever Peak Academy Awards, an event meant to highlight and celebrate innovators from the City and County of Denver and […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on May 24, 2019

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When a Plan Comes Together

The Innovation: Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) Staffing Plan Why Change was Needed? Positions remained opened and unfilled for extended periods of time. Seasonal hiring was delayed to the point […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on January 24, 2019

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Bright Spot: How Interns Can Make an Impact Through Innovation

Kendal Benzel is the intern for the Campus Relations team in the Office of Human Resources (OHR). She is in charge of communications with interns, applicants, schools and other stakeholders […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on December 17, 2018

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Bright Spot: Innovate from Home to Reduce Stress and Increase Efficiency

Whether it be in the office, a meeting room, or any central location for the team, these are the first places that often come to mind when thinking of process […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on December 10, 2018

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Giving Thanks to Denver’s Next Line of Innovators – Cohort #81 (Mt. Meeker)

With Thanksgiving soon approaching, I would like to give thanks to Black Belt Cohort #81 for being my first cohort as a Black Belt Liaison. It was a jam-packed week full of […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on November 14, 2018

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Peak Book Summary: Black Box Thinking

Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes – But Some Do by Matthew Syed focuses on analyzing past failures and using lessons from those mistakes to […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on September 27, 2018

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How Failure Generates Innovation

In the world of innovation, failure is an almost unavoidable step in the process. It is discouraging and can most likely leave you wondering, “where do I go from here?” […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on September 4, 2018

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From the 305 and Back to Peak

It sure is great to be back! My name is Nathaniel Bradley III (you can call me Nate) and during the summer of 2017, I was fortunate enough to be […]

By natepeakacademy Posted on August 22, 2018

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