2014 Masters: Practice Round Rainout Policy TAGS: 2014 | augusta national golf club | blitz | consulting | golf | lean | lean manufacturing | masters | masters rainout | masters rainout policy | operations | policy | process | rainout | respect for people | sports The 2014 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club is here! Sadly, for the first time in over ten years, inclement weather has forced the closure of a round at The …Continue reading →

Playing Australian Open In Extreme Heat Shows No Respect For People TAGS: australia | australian open | blitz | business | consulting | extreme | faint | frank dancevic | heat | hot | inhumane | lean | melbourne | policy | process | respect for people | safety | schedule | sports | tennis | tickets So when it’s winter here in the states, it’s summer in Australia and right now it’s the peak of summer heat in Melbourne, where the Australian Open is playing. It’s …Continue reading →

What The Gym Can Teach Us About Lean TAGS: 5S | activity | arnold | beef | beyond lean | consulting | dumbbells | error-proof | fat | gold's gym | gym | indicators | labels | lean | lean blitz | matt wrye | michael jordan | muscle | policy | Schwarzenegger | set in order | sports | visual | waste Lean muscle. Lean meat. Lean production. Surely they have a lot in common, yes? I get asked all the time what it means to be Lean. It astounds me that …Continue reading →

Politics and (the Lack of) Root Cause Analysis TAGS: 2012 | ad hominem | agenda | analyze | answer | answers | barack | belief | birth certificate | campaign | candidate | change | conservative | continuous | control | credibility | deficit | define | definition | democrat | dmaic | election | fallacy | fiscal | five whys | foundation | government | identify | implementation | improve | improvement | lean blitz consulting | liberal | measure | mitt | nominee | obama | operations | optimization | pdsa | plan do study adjust | platform | policy | politics | president | problem | process | public | republican | romney | root cause analysis | service | six sigma | slogan | social | sports | tax return As a continuous improvement practitioner, I have a significant disdain for politics. By politics, in this case I’m referring to the democratic elections and campaigning by individuals running for public …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 →