Quick Changeover for American Airlines Center
Juggling act sets up rink Even though I’m still a pretty die hard Red Wings fan, I live in Stars country now. Don’t ask me what I’ll do if the Wings and Stars meet in the second round. I went…
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Learning from Super Bowl Coaches
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 Colts and Bears. The Super Bowl should be required viewing for managers who think screaming…
How Much of Football is VA?
My wife would say “zero!” I mentioned the Sunday NFL playoff games and got a note from a Lean Blog reader, Chris, saying: I use this in my orientation to new employees: How much time is value added in a…
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 the players (or that was the complaint). The NBA later reversed course and went back…
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 back to their old basketball. From this article (no longer available): Without consulting the players, the…
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 you’re working on lean in factories, hospitals, or any sort of environment. Many companies say…
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 that is best kept best up to date is Mark Graban’s LeanBlog.org, which leans…
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 surface was installed for the Patriots, replacing the old natural grass field that got real…
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 Hound Terrell Owens. I never expect any profound wisdom out of Irvin, so I was surprised…
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. How could the officials NOT be looking for the replay flag, thrown by the coach? Well,…
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 a long pass to the Steelers TE Heath Miller, 80-some yards, he scored a TD, but…
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 is here. What’s amazing to me is that baseball umpires are given so much personal…
