Sliding Head First Into First Base Is A Bad Process With A Risky Result TAGS: base | baseball | blitz | consulting | dive | faster | first | head | injury | lean | mythbusters | physicist | risk | safety | slide Why do players think it’s a good idea to slide head first into first base? The baseball season is barely nine games old and already there have been two injuries …Continue reading →

Is the NFL Concussion Settlement Enough? TAGS: 5S | als | apple | concussion | consulting | continuous improvement | head | ipad | iphone | junior seau | lawyers | lean | lean blitz | lou gehrigs disease | nfl | operations | pittsburgh steelers | process | proposed | san diego chargers | settlement | sports | suicide | trauma | troy polamalu One of the biggest elephant-in-the-room topics related to sports AND safety is concussions and other forms of brain damage caused by playing football. There’s so much new information, so much …Continue reading →

Troy Polamalu, NFL, Concussions, and Cheating the System TAGS: administer | baseline | bears | blitz | blow | brian | cheated | chicago | clinic | commissioner | concussion | consulting | countermeasure | culture | damage | equation | espn | establish | foolproof | football | game | goodell | head | health | hearing | lawsuit | league | lean | mayo | memory | national | nfl | operations | physician | pittsburgh | player | polamalu | priority | process | reflex | retired | roger | safety | six sigma | sport | sports | steelers | strength | success | system | team | test | trainer | trauma | troy | urlacher | vision | vomit The NFL is currently in the midst of a large lawsuit on behalf of retired players who are suing the league for health-related issues caused by on-field concussions during their …Continue reading →