Tag: Sports
NBA’s David Stern on Listening
'Welcome to My World' - WSJ.com:You might remember the story about how the NBA unilaterally changed to a new ball without much input from...
NBA Listens to Employees, Goes Back to the Old Ball
NBA to ditch new ball, return to old
Following up this earlier story about the lack of employee involvement, the NBA has decided to go...
The NBA Not Involving Its Employees Regarding the New Ball?
NBA NOTES: Stern says NBA dropped ball
A key aspect of the Lean Manufacturing mindset is involving and empowering your employees. This is necessary whether...
Lessons from Northwestern Football – Teamwork Over Talent and Inspirational Coaching
Plant Engineering
Plant Engineering magazine has started a blog and they might have suckered me into mentioning their blog by praising this one:
The other one...
Cutting Corners or Cutting out Waste?
cbs4boston.com - Pats Install Synthetic Turf At Gillette Stadium
I was watching the Bears/Patriots game yesterday and the announcers mentioned that a new artificial turf...
Michael Irvin Channels W. Edwards Deming?
So I'm watching SportsCenter and analyst Michael Irvin, former Cowboys wide receiver, is talking about Cowboys coach Bill Parcells and Wide Receiver / Attention...
NFL Kaizen
After the Thursday night NFL game, I wrote about the poor system design and the need for process improvement with the instant replay system....
Lack of Clear Visual Controls and Training in the NFL
After Saban's late flag, Steelers roll
Did you see the Steelers/Dolphins game last night? It probably didn't impact the final score, but there was...
Standard Work for Baseball Umpires??
Ump Reflects on Controversial ALCS Call:
If you don't know now what happened at the end of the Angels/White Sox game two, the game story...
The Atlanta Braves’ Culture of Winning — Baseball and Lean
WSJ.com - The Culture of Winning
This is a fantastic interview with the General Manager of the Atlanta Braves, John Schuerholz (requires WSJ subscription). Even...
