ASQ Quality in Athletics: A Call to Action TAGS: asq | athletics | blitz | consulting | continuous improvement | group | lean | nfl | operations | process | qatar world cup | quality | quality in athletics | richie incognito | safety | six sigma | sports | steroids The American Society for Quality features a relatively-new special interest group called Quality in Athletics. For the last few months, I’ve been in a mood. An angry mood, the kind of …Continue reading →

The Broken Baseball Hall of Fame TAGS: amphetamines | arbitrary | barry bonds | baseball | blitz | broken | consulting | continuous | cooperstown | election | enshrinement | greg maddux | hall of fame | history | improvement | jayson stark | lean | los angeles dodgers | metrics | operations | peds | process | six sigma | sports | steroids | vote | voters Baseball has perhaps the most famous Hall of Fame in the world, the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Today, a few more of baseball’s elite will …Continue reading →

The Melky Cabrera Suspension and Why Continuous Improvement Principles Matter TAGS: 2012 | 50 games | 5S | audit | banned substance | baseball | blitz | buster olney | concessions | consulting | continuous improvement | equipment | espn | games | lean | level playing field | london | melky cabrera | mlb | notre dame football | olympics | operations | outfielder | ped | process | ryan braun | safety | san francisco giants | sports | stadium | steroids | testing | ticket sales | toyota way When I first started to write about lean and continuous improvement applications in sports, I was more focused on the business operations – ticket sales, concessions, stadium upkeep, equipment manufacturers, …Continue reading →

Roger Clemens and System Failure TAGS: answers | asleep | baseball | blitz | braun | bud | buster | career | culture | dollars | drugs | enhancing | espn | first | fix | juror | league | lean | litigate | major | mistrial | money | olney | operations | ped | performance | play | principle | problems | process | public | quality | roger clemens | ryan | selig | six sigma | sports | steroids | stop | tax | time | toyota way | trial | widespread Yesterday former major league pitcher Roger Clemens was found not guilty on all counts of perjury with respect to the accusation that he lied to and obstructed Congress about his …Continue reading →

State of the Lean Blitz Blog: April 2012 TAGS: activities | alignment | apparel | atlanta | audience | augusta | baseball | baseball winter meetings | basketball | bat | ben hill | blitz | blue | braun | braves | championship | club | cnbc.com | columbus | comments | communication | concessions | consultants | continuous | customer | darren rovell | david schoenfield | dayton | e-book | elmore | email | espn.com | experience | facebook | five whys | followers | football | georgia | giveaway | golf | google | greenjackets | group | hot dog | improvement | jackets | jersey | knowledge | lean | locker room | manufacturing | mascot | masters | merchandise | minor league | moneyball | movie | national | ncaa | notre dame | ohio | operations | pin flag | plus | principles | process | questions | respond | ryan | satisfaction | season | service | seth godin | silver hawks | six sigma | sneezers | Soccer | south bend | sports | sportsbiz | steroids | subscribers | subscriptions | sweetspot | t-shirt | tools | tournament | toyota way | twitter | waste | wastes I figured that since the blog is between 5-6 months old now that I provide a “state of the blog” address – what has changed since the blog first kicked …Continue reading →