Genius Way to Error Proof the Strike Zone TAGS: 1952 | baseball | championship | consistency | consulting | denver bears | ebbets | hitter | lean | lean blitz | minor league baseball | nation | operations | pitch f/x | process | rob neyer | sports | strike zone | subjective | umpire | visual indicators | western league One of the biggest inconsistencies in all of sports is the apparently-stated-but-not-really-followed-or-enforced standardized strike zone. In reality, baseball strike zones are extremely subjective from one home plate umpire to another …Continue reading →

Will MLB Show Little “Respect For People” By Eliminating Non-Uniformed Personnel Pension Plans? TAGS: ballpark | baseball | continuous improvement | craig calcaterra | customer experience | cut | dollar foolish | employees | enterprise | espnnewyork | executives | hardball talk | industry | lean | lean blitz consulting | major league baseball | minor league baseball | mlb | nbcsports | non-uniformed | operations | pennywise | pension | pension plans | process | respect for people | six sigma | sponsorships | sports | ticketing | waste reduction The two pillars of Lean are 1) reduction of waste activities and 2) respect for people. Some of the ways organizations respect their constituents are with fairness, sharing of best …Continue reading →

Baseball Trade Show – Coverage by MiLB.com TAGS: baseball | baseball trade show | ben hill | blitz | consulting | dallas | dipquest 2011 | game signs | hilton anatole | lean | milb.com | minor league baseball | trade show Lean Blitz received two shout-outs by Ben Hill of MiLB.com in his coverage of the Baseball Winter Meetings, one more “fun” than the other. First, he profiled a number of …Continue reading →