{"id":2583,"date":"2017-06-27T09:54:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/industry\/blog\/uncategorized\/empowering-peak-performance-in-denver\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T18:44:02","slug":"empowering-peak-performance-in-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/government\/2017\/06\/27\/empowering-peak-performance-in-denver\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering peak performance in Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Power BI empowering cities \u2013 Part 2<\/h2>\n

\"Presentation<\/a>Denver may be known for the Rocky Mountains but there is one peak that operates on the ground floor. The Denver Peak Academy<\/a>, started in 2012 by Mayor Michael B. Hancock, is charged with training and coaching employees to improve the way government works. \u201c(The Academy) is the innovation and process improvement program for the City and County of Denver<\/a>,\u201d explained Brian Elms, director, noting the organization helps \u201cdeliver services or products faster or with higher quality to our customers\u2014residents and visitors\u201d and enables city and county employees to improve their performance.<\/p>\n

Democratizing data<\/h3>\n

Microsoft Power BI<\/a> is playing a key role in empowering employees to achieve more through the Peak Academy\u2019s Denver Data Lab, which trains local government analysts in data visualization techniques. Kate May, the Lab\u2019s data scientist, said they\u2019ve trained a little over half of the city\u2019s 300 analysts. By democratizing data through visually rich Power BI dashboards, the City and County of Denver are gaining insights, realizing performance improvements and making better, data-informed decisions, for example:<\/p>\n