The NCAA and Auditing of Processes vs. Enforcement of Rules TAGS: audit | compliance | consulting | enforcement | lean | lean blitz | mark emmert | ncaa | pat forde | president | process | rules | sports | standards | yahoo Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports lays out the dire situation in the NCAA enforcement division. The NCAA enforcement division – the most scrutinized, controversial and perhaps vital part of the …Continue reading →

The 2013 #Masters: Pace Penalty on Tianlang Guan TAGS: amateur | asian | augusta national golf club | china | enforce | enforcement | golf | golfer | lean blitz consulting | masters | operations | pace | penalty | pga | play | process | rules | seth godin | slow | sports | tianlang guan Masters Week is finally here! All of the golf world has descended upon Augusta, Georgia for April 8-14 for the 2013 Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. As indicated …Continue reading →

NBA and NFL Draft Eligibility Restrictions – Why? TAGS: acl | basketball | brandon jennings | college | consulting | continuous improvement | david stern | derrick rose | draft | eligibility | football | greg oden | injury | jadeveon clowney | kentucky | knee | lean blitz | marcus lattimore | nba | ncaa | nerlens noel | nfl | operations | pat forde | process | risk | rules | six sigma | south carolina | sports The NBA and NFL both have eligiblity restrictions on draftable players, and those restrictions are very quickly being called into question. The NBA implemented a rule in 2005 that required …Continue reading →

2013 BCS National Championship and Silly Rules About Parking TAGS: 2013 | alabama | bcs | blitz | championship | college | consulting | continuous improvement | crimson tide | discover | florida | football | game | irish | lean | miami | national | notre dame | operations | overprocessing | parking | pass | process | radio | rules | six sigma | sports | sun life stadium | tailgate | traffic | will call As a lifelong lover of all things Notre Dame (for example, using them as examples in previous articles), I cannot put into words my level of excitement for the 2013 …Continue reading →

NFL Replacement Referees and Lack of Standardized Work TAGS: accuracy | agreement | bargaining | blitz | book | collective | consulting | continuous improvement | denver broncos | error | experience | four timeouts | john fox | knowledge | lean | lean wastes | national football league | new orleans saints | nfl | operations | players | process | referees | replacement | rules | seattle seahawks | six sigma | sports | standardized work | training | union | work instruction So, NFL, how are these replacement referees working out for you? Between snagging one off the street who turned out to have significant New Orleans Saints allegiances to the lack …Continue reading →

Kent State Runs Muffed Punt the Wrong Direction! TAGS: andre parker | college football | consulting | dead ball | football | golden flashes | kent state | lean blitz | linebacker | muff | oops | operations | process | punt | return | rules | six sigma | sports | tackle | towson | university | wrong way Last night during the Towson-Kent State college football game, Towson muffed a punt received from Kent State to close the first half and Kent State’s Andre Parker picked up the …Continue reading →

Major League Baseball’s Pace of Play: A Snail-Mail Warning Letter! TAGS: blitz | bud | colorado | commissioner | consulting | ekstrom | innings | joe garagiola jr | july | lean | major league baseball | mike | official | operations | pace of play | process | regulations | rockies | rules | selig | snail mail | sports | up | warming So when we last left off discussing the Major League Baseball pace-of-game regulations, we saw that the league has put an auditing process in place (albeit a questionable one) and …Continue reading →

Enforcing Standardized Process & Major League Baseball Pace-of-Game TAGS: activity | agreement | andre | association | audit | bargaining | baseball | baseball tonight | basketball | batter | beckett | blitz | boston | bud | business | cba | chicago cubs | cincinnati | classic | cobb | collective | collective bargaining agreement | consulting | dawson | eric | espn | fantasy | fines | football | game | graban | hits | hours | insider | jonathan | josh | league | lean | lukas | major | mark | measure | mlb | mlbpa | official | operations | pace | padres | papelbon | paul | pete | pitcher | play | players | procedures | process | record | red sox | reds | rose | rotisserie | rules | ryne | san diego | sandberg | selig | show | six sigma | slow | sports | sportscenter | stephen | strasburg | suspensions | ty | umpire | uni-watch | violation | waiting | waste | wgn I first started watching Major League Baseball on television back in 1988 with the Chicago Cubs on WGN. At the time I was just a cursory fan – loved watching …Continue reading →

“Because I Said So” is Destructive TAGS: answer | ask | associates | because i said so | blitz | child | communication | continuous | curiosity | curious | embarrassment | enlighten | five whys | follow | golden | grow | handbook | honest | ideas | improvement | interest | lean | learn | management | new | operations | parents | process | punishment | question | questions | rulebook | rules | scapegoat | shame | silence | six sigma | sports | teamwork | toddler | trust | why I had a conversation with a friend this weekend who was telling me about his little boy. He’s enlightened by his son’s curiosity and ability to ask questions and interest …Continue reading →