Around The Bases: Super Bowl Concessions Edition TAGS: adam silver | baltimore ravens | basketball | blitz | cheerleaders | concessions | consulting | david stern | day | delaware north | denver broncos | elvis dumervil | food | groundhog | lean | nba | new york | northwestern | phil | pro bowl | punxsutawney | respect for people | roger goodell | seattle seahawks | secaucus | security | service | standardized work | subway | super bowl | train | unionize The concessions available at the Super Bowl will be fantastic, and the outsourced food service provider Delaware North is preparing for the onslaught of concessions demand. The Buffalo, N.Y., company …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 →

NFL Replacement Referees and Lack of Standardized Work TAGS: accuracy | agreement | bargaining | blitz | book | collective | consulting | continuous improvement | denver broncos | error | experience | four timeouts | john fox | knowledge | lean | lean wastes | national football league | new orleans saints | nfl | operations | players | process | referees | replacement | rules | seattle seahawks | six sigma | sports | standardized work | training | union | work instruction So, NFL, how are these replacement referees working out for you? Between snagging one off the street who turned out to have significant New Orleans Saints allegiances to the lack …Continue reading →

Madden ’13 With Wrong Player Picture TAGS: 13 | calvin johnson | cover | defensive tackle | denver broncos | detroit lions | ea sports | lean blitz consulting | madden | marcus thomas | megatron | national football league | nfl | oops | operations | picture | process | running back | six sigma | sports | twitter | university of florida | update | utep | wrong The newest edition of the EA Sports Madden NFL video game, Madden ’13, came out on Tuesday. Generally football fans, gamers, and players alike are over-the-top excited about the release …Continue reading →