Dirk Hayhurst on Positive Banned Substance Results TAGS: author | ball four | banned substance | blog | blogger | bullpen gospels | business | coach | dirk hayhurst | disrespect | garfoose | ignorance | jim bouton | lean blitz consulting | major league baseball | manager | marcus stroman | meetings | mlb | operations | organization | out of my league | ped | performance enhancing drugs | process | six sigma | sports | standardized | tampa bay rays | toronto blue jays | twitter | work | writer Full disclosure: I am a big Dirk Hayhurst fan. Dirk is a former Major League pitcher (who is presumably trying to get back to the bigs), but is probably better …Continue reading →

Stuff I’m Reading – August 8, 2012 TAGS: 2012 | advertisers | anibal sanchez | attendance | attention | ballpark | belly putter | blitz | blog | consulting | david samson | golf | golf digest | hanley ramirez | heath bell | improve | jeff gordon | jeffrey loria | jose reyes | lean | lean wastes | leanblog | lightning strike | london | love | mark buehrle | mark graban | marketing | miami marlins | nascar | nbc | olympics | omar infante | operations | optimization | organization | pocono | policy | process | product | revenue | safety | sailboat | sailfish | seth godin | small business | sponsors | sports | sprint cup | thad greiner | toyota way | weather There are ample opportunities for performance improvement in sports business and small business operations that I simply can’t get to it all as issues occur day after day. In addition, …Continue reading →

2012 Summer Olympics: Fencing Technology Glitch TAGS: 2012 | appeal | attack | blitz | britta | cameron smith | consulting | epee | expedited | fail | federation | fencing | german | germany | gold medal | heiderman | individual | lam | lean | london | mechanism | nbc | official | olympics | operations | organization | piste | playing surface | process | protocol | semifinal | shin | shin a lam | silver medal | six sigma | south korea | sporting | sports | systems | technology | timing | touch | yahoo sports Remember what I wrote about processes needing to supercede systems and technology? Failing to do so meant that a chance to win a gold medal was taken away earlier this …Continue reading →

Toyota Way Principle #14: Become a Learning Organization TAGS: balboa | blitz | classroom | consulting | continuous | improvement | lean | learning | operations | organization | perfect | philadelphia | principle | process | reflect | reflection | relentless | rocky | six sigma | sports | stairs | steps | teach | toyota way (This is part of a series looking at the 14 Principles of The Toyota Way. Here we look at Toyota Way Principle 14.) This is the final principle, the one …Continue reading →

ESPN Outside the Lines: “What’s Lurking In Your Stadium Food?” TAGS: ballpark | blitz | cleaning | concession | consulting | defects | department | droppings | espn | food | health | indianapolis | lavigne | lean | mice | negligence | operations | optimization | organization | paula | principles | process | spoil | spoilage | sports | stadium | stand | standardized | super bowl | twitter | violations | what's lurking in your stadium food A couple years back ESPN’s Paula Lavigne came out with a startling report about some of the health department findings in various concession stands at major ballparks and stadiums across …Continue reading →

Penn State Football and Toyota Way Principle #1 TAGS: allegations | blitz | child | consulting | cover | critical | decision | demonstrate | director | espn | example | financial | flagbearer | football | freeh | function | gains | heavy lifting | jay | jerry | joe | lean | long-term | management | molestation | operations | organization | paterno | penn | philosophy | principle | priority | process | report | sandusky | short-term | six sigma | sports | staff | state | sustainability | toyota | university | up | usurp | way I’m not going to rehash all of the details behind Penn State University’s cover-up of the Jerry Sandusky child abuse allegations and convictions – other outlets are doing a fine …Continue reading →

Toyota Way Principle #1 TAGS: athlete | authors | baseball | basketball | blitz | business | coach | continuous | crean | david | games | goals | hoosiers | improvement | indiana | jeffrey | kelvin | kentucky | lean | liker | long-term | meier | ncaa | operations | organization | patrons | philosophy | principles | process | sampson | savings | short-term | six sigma | sixteen | sponsors | sports | student | sweet | tickets | time | tom | tournament | toyota | university | value | visual | way Yesterday we brought forth a bit of a visual depiction of what lean is and how it can impact a small business or sports organization. Hopefully we demonstrated the level …Continue reading →

NCAA Tournament: Is Adding More Teams Better? TAGS: 2012 | basketball | blitz | champion | college | dayton | division I | expansion | first | lean | ncaa | ohio | operations | organization | priority | process | sagarin | six sigma | sports | tournament | usa today In my NCAA Tournament-viewing life, I’ve seen the bracket expand from 48 teams to 64 (with a couple choppy play-in iterations thrown in between), where it remained for many years …Continue reading →

Lean and Corporate Strategy TAGS: asheville | autonomous | blitz | block | budget | business | class | construction | continuous | destination | georgia | implementation | improvement | journey | leaders | lean | management | managers | manufacturing | modification | obstacles | operations | organization | pillars | planning | process | production | programs | road | roadmap | rock | six sigma | slide | small | south carolina | speed bump | sports | strategic | system | toyota | translation | world I’ve had the chance to talk to with a few companies during my current trip to Georgia and South Carolina about lean programs, implementation, and strategies. Each one was in …Continue reading →

Lean Tools: 5S, Standardize, and the Marching Hundred TAGS: 5S | audits | band | blitz | cell | cleanliness | colors | factory | finished goods | floor | hundred | images | indiana | inspections | lean | lock step | marching | operations | operator | organization | processes | safety | set in order | shapes | shine | signs | six sigma | sort | sports | standardize | straighten | sustain | university | user | visual We’ve covered the first three steps of 5S – sort (also here), set-in-order, and shine. The good news? Those three steps are everything you need to overhaul a work cell …Continue reading →