A Link from ESPN, a Contribution, and Guest Post That Ruffled Some Feathers TAGS: baseball | baseball think factory | ben hill | ben's biz | blog | charleston | collegiate wood bat league | david schoenfield | diamond sports | draft | espn | feathers | home run derby | home runs | insidethebook | lean blitz consulting | leanblog.org | links | major league baseball | mark graban | minor | mlb | mlb.com | operations | pace of game | process | professional | quality | ruffle | scout | south atlantic league | south carolina | sports | statistics | summer | sweetspot | tangotiger | uss yorktown In the last few weeks I’ve been fortunate to provide contributions to some notable blogs and outlets. First, my analysis of the Major League Baseball pace-of-game regulations was shared by …Continue reading →

2012 Summer Olympics: Graphics Gaffe TAGS: #chyronfail | 2012 | blitz | broadcast | canada | consulting | defect | error | flags | germany | great britain | lean | london | nbc | olympics | operations | process | russia | sports | summer | tape delay | united states | wrong This is a shot of an NBC broadcast during the Olympics. I located this image as I was perusing the internet this weekend for Olympics coverage. For NBC to get …Continue reading →

2012 Summer Olympics: Men’s 100M Final on Broadcast Tape Delay & #NBCFail TAGS: 100m | 2008 | 2012 | advertising | america | bbc | beijing | blake | blitz | bolt | broadcast | buffering | cable | canada | consulting | data | espn | facebook | goodwill | lean | london | nbc | nbcolympics.com | olympics | online | operations | permission | process | provider | satellite | social media | sports | subscriptions | summer | tape delay | telegraph | transfer | twitter | uk | united states | usain | viewership | yohan Much has already been made about NBC’s decision to tape-delay the domestic broadcast of popular events at the 2012 London Olympics and how a gulf exists between those American fans …Continue reading →

2012 Summer Olympics: Jordyn Wieber and “Dumb, Stupid Rules” TAGS: 2012 | ali | aly | athletes | blitz | business | champion | china | company | competition | consulting | defending | douglas | dumb | fast | fastcompany | final | gabby | gabrielle | gymnastics | insider | jordyn | lean | london | nations | nbc | olympics | operations | powerhouse | pride | process | raisman | rule | russia | six sigma | sports | states | stupid | summer | tape delay | the customer is always right | u.s. | united | violates | wieber | women's | world Congratulations are in order for Gabby Douglas, the U.S. gymnast who won the Olympics women’s gymnastics all-around gold medal today, marking the third straight all-around gold medal for the United …Continue reading →

The NBA, the Sports Guy, and Aversion to Change TAGS: 162 game season | bill simmons | blitz | change | derrick rose | designated hitter | draft | finals | grantland | jason terry | lean | lockout | major league baseball | management | nba | nfl | olympics | opening day | operations | playoffs | processes | richard kruger | schedule | sports | sports guy | summer | tri-state university | work stoppage Bill Simmons, editor-in-chief of Grantland.com and ESPN’s The Sports Guy, analyzed the 2011-2012 NBA season thus far and concluded that the league should strongly consider starting the regular season on …Continue reading →