Peak Book Summary: Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
In the book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, there are six principles presented to help you craft and effectively […]
Innovation on the Road: When Black Belts Vacation Together
By Sarah Moss, Strategic Programs and Government Affairs Manager, Denver Fire Department May 2017 In early May, I set out from Denver on a road trip to the Great Sand […]
Hiring the Best Talent in Less Time
Hiring the Best Talent in Less Time The Department of Human Resources’ Talent and Acquisition Team (OHR-TA) believe that good processes can always be better processes. Their mission is to […]
New Peak Class: Data Visualization and Microsoft Power BI
Are you interested in learning new ways to visualize your data and share your insights? Curious about how to build dashboards or automate reports? Peak has a class for that! […]
Finding Ways to Innovate Through Collaboration
Written by Steve Friesen, Director/Curator of The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Denver Parks & Recreation Remember Tom Sawyer? He got a fence painted by persuading his friends to do […]
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 […]
How being thankful can spur innovation
On my commute to work this morning I found myself pondering the complexities of deep frying a turkey and achieving the perfect gravy to mashed potato ratio, and it occurred […]
Signed, sealed, delivered: How one small innovation saved a few hours per week in handling mail
My name is Macrina Ghiran and I’m a black belt from Cohort 54! I work in the Public Works Finance & Administration Department, and I’m the person in charge of […]
Flowerbed Magic
Denver’s parks are filled with some of the most amazing flowers and flowerbeds in the state of Colorado.
The Peak Performance Celebration is Just Around the Corner
It is with great pleasure to announce our first ever Peak Performance Celebration (PPC) on Friday, September 30th from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM in the Webb Municipal Building Atrium. Let’s kickoff […]
Spreading the Data Love
Written by Jessie Rubin, City Performance, Office of the Controller, City and County of San Francisco I am a proud data nerd. That’s what City Performance does to you. City Performance […]
Go EAST, My Friends!
Peak is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountain West, so it probably doesn’t make sense for us to advocate for “going East,” but we’re also all about finding […]
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 […]
Public Works: Transportation & Mobility and the Peak Academy Experience
Public Works: Transportation & Mobility (PWT&M) and the Peak Academy Experience By Liz Lorang The inquisitive looks must happen quite a bit when a Denver Peak Academy Process Improvement […]
What a waste!
Waste happens every day and in all kinds of circumstances, but there are ways to cut down on waste in the workplace in order to be more productive and provide customers with a better product or service.
