Should the Buffalo Bills Play Sunday Despite The Driving Ban?
TAGS: blitz | buffalo bills | consulting | continuous improvement | cuomo | football | lean | new york jets | nfl | orchard park | ralph wilson | respect for people | six sigma | snow | sports | stadium | travel ban Significantly cold and snowy weather conditions all across the country have made mid-November feel more like January, and nowhere else in the US is it more pronounced than upstate New …Continue reading →
Hawaii Football May Fold Due To Insufficient Revenue
TAGS: blitz | close | college football | colt brennan | consulting | costs | disband | down | fbs | fold | football | hawaii | hawaii bowl | hawaii exemption | history | lean | ncaa | revenues | sugar bowl | ty detmer The University of Hawaii football program has had a strong, competitive history – BCS bowl games, record-setting Heisman candidates, hosting bowl games, participating in the highest levels of college competition …Continue reading →
Quality Systems and Notre Dame Football Suspensions
TAGS: blitz | consulting | davaris daniels | football | ishaq williams | keivarae russell | kendall moore | lean | national title game | ncaa | notre dame | operations | process | sports | suspensions The University of Notre Dame football program has taken a significant hit this past week, as four players – three slated as starters – are under investigation for academic misconduct. …Continue reading →
New Florida State Logo and Bad Supply Chain Communication
TAGS: blitz | change | china | consulting | design | face | flexible | florida state | football | guy moore | lean | licenses | logo | low price | merchandise | nike | obsolete | operations | process | six sigma | spear | sports | spring game | tallahassee | uniform Prior to their football team’s spring game, Florida State University and Nike unveiled a newly-redesigned uniform and set of logos. The changes to the team’s markings has been a source of …Continue reading →
More Exposed Mistreatment of NFL Cheerleaders
TAGS: bills | blitz | buffalo | cheerleaders | consulting | jills | lean | nfl | operations | process | respect for people | six sigma | sports After the first in-depth analysis of the unfair treatment of the Raiderettes, the Oakland Raiders cheerleaders, more and more squads of NFL cheerleaders are coming forward sharing similar stories of …Continue reading →
Guest Post: NFL Football and #Lean
TAGS: adapt | blitz | blog | christina | coach | consulting | football | guest | kach | lean | learn | liberty mutual | nfl | practice | practitioner | teach | tom brady | toyota Today we have a guest blog post from my friend, fellow Lean practitioner, and fellow blogger Christina Kach. She has been a guest blogger for Lean Blitz in the past, …Continue reading →
The Super Bowl Public Transit Gaffe
TAGS: blitz | bruno mars | bus | business operations | consulting | deadspin | disaster | eric grubman | lean | new york | nfl | pdsa | public | subway | super bowl | transit | transportation One of the big issues with New York hosting the Super Bowl was the intense security and limited access to the stadium grounds (no cars allowed, can’t walk to the …Continue reading →
How Peyton Manning Demonstrates PDSA
TAGS: blitz | consulting | continuous improvement | denver broncos | lean | operations | pdca | pdsa | peyton manning | plan do study act | plan do study adjust | process | seattle seahawks | sports | sunday | super bowl Plan-Do-Study-Adjust (or Act) is a simple cyclical continuous improvement tool that we all use every day but don’t often realize it. Properly applied, PDSA helps us properly define a problem …Continue reading →