Tag: Sports
Guest Post: Lacking Baseball Specs Leads to Offensive Explosion (and MLB...
Mark's Note: Today's post is a another guest post from Chad Walters. Chad and I share a strong interest in sports â€" me as...
Podcast #152 – Matt Stewart, “Walk On,” Lessons from Northwestern’s Unlikely...
My guest for podcast #152 is Matt Stewart, and we are talking about his book The Walk-On: Inside Northwestern's Rise From Cellar Dweller To Big...
New Book by @PaulFLevy – “Goal Play!” with Lessons for Healthcare
Paul Levy, the former CEO of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is a long time friend of mine and this blog (read his...
New eBook Compilation – Lean Blog: Sports
Being a big fan of what the guys at LeanPub are doing (listen to my podcasts with them here and here), I created a...
Stuff I’m Reading, May 1, 2012
Here are links to some varied articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics:
NFL Draft -...
Robert Andino of the Baltimore Orioles & Dr. W. Edwards Deming
Dr. W. Edwards Deming famously said that managers can't hope to motivate employees, as they can only hope to not demotivate them. I wrote...
Standardized, but Not Identical – College Basketballs
As the main days of the men's NCAA basketball tourney ("March Madness") start Thursday, here's a topic that might make for fun Lean discussion...
Learning to See (and Spell) in the NHL
Here's a funny little story I saw on ESPN today (Nicklas Grossmann reveals extra 'n'). Apparently when former Dallas Stars' defenseman Nicklas Grossman entered...
Failure to Follow Process Leads to NL MVP’s Suspension Being Overturned
This is a hot sports news story today, as I woke up to hear ESPN's "Mike and Mike" talking about Milwaukee Brewers slugger (and...
Guest Post: Talking Lean at the Baseball Winter Meetings
Mark's Note: Today's post is a second guest post from a new blogger, Chad Walters. His first post appeared last Friday. I was happy...
A Lean Guy Watches Moneyball
When it first came out, I was a big fan of Michael Lewis' book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game about the Oakland...
Guest Post: Finding Waste at the Stadium
Mark's Note: Today's post is a guest post from a new blogger, Chad Walters. Chad and I share a strong interest in sports --...