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We are so happy to be bringing new stories to you on our Peak Blog! As you know, we love data! Here is some cool data on our new blog: Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,100 times in 2015. If it were a NYC subway train, it would […]
A Kanban board is a visual management tool that can help an individual, team or organization continuously improve a system or process through the concepts of Kaizen (continuous improvement) and Kanban. […]
Continuous improvement is hard but worth it. Just ask the Office of The Medical Examiner (OME). For years, like most agencies of the City & County of Denver, the OME […]
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 […]
When it comes to innovations, it’s all about the “proof in the pudding”; results. That’s why the Peak Academy and so many others turn to the A3 and PDCA methods. […]
Transforming an okay process into a great one does not happen overnight, it happens one spoke at at time. Just ask the Denver Public Works Transportation & Mobility (PWT&M) bike […]
This summer, after receiving tons of requests for more tools that identify and eliminate waste, like the kind we often find on our desks (i.e. candy wrappers and dated documents), […]
“I want to empower my team to come up with ideas and innovations”. Manager Mary Courtright Project Name- Automated Clearing House Vendor Signup/ The ACH Innovation Project Description- In an […]
Emily Snyder, Public Works Transportation (PWT) Project Manager II and Denver Black Belt, along with Justin Schmitz, PWT Engineer & Architect Supervisor, as well as Denver Black Belt, and their […]
