Tag: Sports
Unlearning Old Habits: What a Pickleball Mistake Taught Me About Feedback...
What Pickleball Taught Me About Kindness, Kaizen, and Culture
"Don't worry about your mistakes--you're learning."
That's what an instructor said during my first 1x1 lesson at...
What Lean Leaders Can Learn from Dan Quinn: Accountability Without Blame
Leadership isn't about avoiding mistakes--it's about responding to them with honesty and humility.
This week, Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn offered a clear example....
Kickoff Returns and Lean Metrics: What the 2025 NFL Season Teaches...
tl;dr: Headlines say kickoff returns are "dramatically up" in 2025, but process behavior charts show this isn't random fluctuation. The NFL's new dynamic kickoff...
Coaching for Continuous Improvement: Lean Leadership Lessons from Sports with Hugh...
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My guest for Episode #514 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Hugh Alley, an author...
Why Two (or Four) Data Points Aren’t a Trend: Analyzing Olympic...
When analyzing data, it's essential to avoid drawing conclusions from too few data points. This principle is crucial whether you're looking at TV ratings,...
From Football to Your Workplace: Why a Lone Wolf Can’t Transform...
Imagine an NFL team that has been on a decades-long streak of winless seasons. The owner, who has been at the helm for most...
Why Two-Year Comparisons in MLB Stats Fall Short: The Power of...
Two-Year Comparisons in Major League Baseball Stats: A Strikeout, not a Homer
It's just over halfway through the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Tuesday is...
Analyzing MLB Tommy John Surgeries: Data Insights and Trends from 2000-2024
tl;dr summary: This post examines the trend of Tommy John surgeries in MLB and MiLB using Process Behavior Charts, revealing that the perceived surge...
Is Andre Drummond Sustaining His Free Throw Improvements? [Updated 2023]
Last year, I looked at the free throw statistics of Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons. News headlines talked about how much he had improved his free throws, so I looked at one of his performance metrics (free throw percentage) to see if the increase was "signal" or "noise."
Why write about basketball? Well, there are lessons that we can learn and apply to our own workplace metrics, as I write about in my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More.
How the MLB Pitch Clock Changed Baseball in 2023: Game Length...
tl;dr: In the blog post, we delve into MLB's ongoing struggle with slow and lengthy games, analyzing recent rule changes aimed at reducing game...
The Perils of Incentive Clauses in College Football: A Case Study...
tl;dr: This blog post analyzes the unusual incentive clause in the contract of Iowa football's offensive coordinator, Brian Ferentz, which mandates a minimum average...
Analyzing Rare Events, Like MLB Perfect Games, with Process Behavior Charts
In my book Measures of Success, I share what I've learned about the "Process Behavior Chart" methodology for management metrics and business performance measures....
