Tag: Sports

The Return of “Ted Lasso” and the End of “Tyrannical” Managers?

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I absolutely loved the first season of the show "Ted Lasso" (available streaming through Apple TV+). If you're not familiar, here is a preview: Unlike...

Revisiting the Harada Method: Lessons from Shohei Ohtani and Norman Bodek

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It's a Throwback Thursday... As I watched the MLB Home Run Derby last night, I really enjoyed watching the Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani of...

When It’s Easier to Distort the System Than it is to...

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I'm often reminded of what the late Peter Scholtes would write or say (often repeated by W. Edwards Deming), where he basically said there...

Amin Elhassan: It’s Not Enough to Be Right, How You Communicate...

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I've learned this lesson the hard way at times in my career: Having the right answer isn't enough if you can't lead people in...

Will “Kaizen” Get the Buffalo Bills to Next Year’s Super Bowl?

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I'm not a Buffalo Bills fan (a.k.a. "The Bills Mafia"), but I did attend one game at what was then called Rich Stadium in...

NFL Scoring is Up, An All-Time High, But is it A...

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I do enjoy watching football, so this headline caught my eye: "Why Are N.F.L. Scores Scores So High This Season?" If you know me and my...

Respect for People as a Competitive Advantage in Major League Baseball

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"Respect for people" is, of course, a core tenet of Lean and the Toyota Production System. It's an important idea in the workplace and...

Are NFL Kickers “Regressing” in Field Goal Accuracy?

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Rodger Sherman is a fellow Northwestern alumnus who I follow on Twitter, for tweets about NU football and beyond. He recently tweeted about NFL field...

#Throwback Thursday (and Updates): Bryce Harper, Home Runs, Attendance, and Game...

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The Major League Baseball regular season has ended, so there's an opportunity to revisit some posts about statistics, variation, and Process Behavior Charts. Bryce Harper's...

An Example of Quick PDSA Study & Adjust on ESPN’s MNF?

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Last night was the first night of Monday Night Football (MNF) on ESPN. I didn't tune in until the last five minutes of the...

Is Tom Brady Getting Better AND Getting Worse With Age?

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I was reading this NFL preview article in the Wall Street Journal (which makes as much sense as getting business news from ESPN, I...

A Strong Signal in the Number of Home Runs — and...

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It's been a busy few weeks for me with work travel and, blogwise, I'm winding down into a few weeks of "blog vacation" (which...