Tag: Sports

Video: Formula 1 Pit Stops 1950 & Today… a Huge Difference

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I'm not a racing fan, but wow this video is impressive. I can appreciate a great process and all of the planning that's involved. I...

Learning Not to Blame: Baseball Edition

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Following up my post about not blaming a bartender, here's another look at learning to cast aside our old habit of blaming individuals... this...

Fighting “We’ve Always Done It This Way” in Workplaces & Baseball

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I found a picture (posted by Jamie Voster on LinkedIn) and I re-shared it through my account. Neither Jamie nor I know where the...

A Collection of Past Posts About Lean, Basketball, and the Workplace

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Since today is the first full day of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, many of you might be checking scores or watching games instead...

Process Problem: The NFL Super Bowl Coin Toss, A Defect &...

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For the coin toss of the Super Bowl 48 (or XLVIII), the referee, Terry McAulay, handed the coin to Joe Namath to toss it......

Standardized Work? Why Are NFL Concussion Guidelines Not Always Followed?

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Mark's note: Ah, another NFL playoff weekend and time for another football post to follow up my apparent jinxing of the Eagles' head coach...

Parallels Between Philadelphia Eagles’ Coach Chip Kelly & A Lean Leader

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The Philadelphia Eagles are playing in an NFL playoff matchup tonight against the New Orleans Saints. I'd admired Eagles head coach Chip Kelly and...

NFL Player Drops the Ball at the Goal Line: A Lesson...

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Thursday night, we saw the type of error that happens every few years in the NFL... a player, Danny Trevathan, of the Denver Broncos,...

Weekend Fun: An Example of Poor Problem Solving

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Here's a funny ESPN commercial featuring PGA golfer Rickie Fowler. Fowler is pouring coffee, yet he makes some bad assumptions about which coffee is decaf...

I Thought Major League Baseball Error Proofed Against This

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Wednesday night's game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants had some batter's box lines that would have been embarrassing on a...

Baseball and Ineffective Warning Tracks; Bryce Harping Running Into a Wall

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My friend Chad Walters has contributed guest posts to my blog (and has been a podcast guest), and I'm happy to return the favor...

Chad Walters on Applying Lean Principles to Sports, Stadiums, and Fan...

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Listen: My guest for episode #171 is Chad Walters, a friend and a Lean consultant. He is owner of Lean Blitz Consulting in Augusta, Georgia,...
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