Tag: Sports

NHL Backing Off like the NBA Did?

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B's seek more offensive firepower - BostonHerald.com:Is the NHL starting to go back on their revolutionary uniforms that players started complaining about before the...

Sunday Night Muda

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I'm in Seattle, about a mile from the stadium where the Seahawks are playing the Saints tonight. I was tempted to get a ticket,...

Long-Term vs. Short-Term Thinking in Major Sports Leagues

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Sports Leagues as Systems: A Lean View of Long-Term Thinking Editor's Note (2026):This post from 2007 still resonates today as professional sports leagues wrestle with...

The Patriots are like Toyota?

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Unbeaten Patriots see room for improvement - NFL - Yahoo! SportsThe above headline blew me away this morning. The Patriots have basically been...

Suboptimizing the New NHL Uniforms?

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Penguins training Camp: Players say uniform changes all wet I'm getting excited about the upcoming NHL season. I grew up a Red Wings fan, but...

"Bad Systems in the News" Update

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Here are some updates on the "Bad Systems" I featured last week, Northwest Airlines and the NBA. I know I promised more positive...

Bad Systems in the News: NBA

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Last week, I saw a number of news stories that caught my eye, non-manufacturing stories about systems (or lack thereof) and blame. What do...

The Cost of Unsold Uniform Inventory

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ESPN - Jersey change too costly for Raiders WR Porter - NFL Bad news for Oakland Raider Jerry Porter: The Oakland Raiders receiver said Wednesday he...

Competition, Lean Accounting, and Baseball

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Russell Roberts on Cafe Hayek had an interesting commentary the other day about the Power of Competition, relaying a bit of the story of...

Quick Changeover for American Airlines Center

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Juggling act sets up rinkEven though I'm still a pretty die hard Red Wings fan, I live in Stars country now. Don't ask me...

Learning from Super Bowl Coaches

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In the Lead - WSJ.com The WSJ wrote Monday about the leadership styles of Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, the Super Bowl coaches for the...

How Much of Football is VA?

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My wife would say "zero!" I mentioned the Sunday NFL playoff games and got a note from a Lean Blog reader, Chris, saying: I...
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