Rutgers Basketball Coach Mike Rice Does Not Show “Respect For People” TAGS: assault | basketball | battery | bob knight | bully | coach | eric murdock | espn | lean | lean blitz consulting | mike rice | outside the lines | pat forde | problem solving | respect for people | rutgers | tim pernetti | video | yahoo Three months after being suspended for “inappropriate behavior and language” ESPN’s Outside The Lines shared a video of Rutgers men’s basketball coach Mike Rice abusing his players with inappropriate names …Continue reading →

Was Elvis Dumervil a Victim of Bad Process, Bad Technology, or Both? TAGS: agent | broncos | contract | defensive end | demaurice smith | denver | denver post | dumervil | elvis | espn | fax machine | lean blitz consulting | magid | mike klis | national letter of intent | nfl | nflpa | operations | overprocessing | photo | process | scholarship | sports | technology | video | waiting In one of the quirkiest NFL contract-related events, we present to you new accidental free agent defensive end Elvis Dumervil, formerly of the Denver Broncos. Dumervil, under contract with the …Continue reading →

Preparing Dublin’s Aviva Stadium for Notre Dame-Navy Football TAGS: american | aviva stadium | college | dublin | everett golson | football | goalposts | gridiron | ireland | lady gaga | lean | lean blitz consulting | navy | notre dame | operations | pitch | process | quarterback | six sigma | Soccer | sports | transformation | university | video In one of this college football generation’s most unique experiences, the University of Notre Dame will take on the U.S. Naval Academy tomorrow morning in Dublin, Ireland at Aviva Stadium. …Continue reading →

2012 Summer Olympics: Lost Keys at Wembley Stadium TAGS: 2012 | blitz | consulting | england | football | keys | laser | lean | london | lost | olympiad | olympics | oops | operations | police | process | scotland | security | six sigma | sports | stadium | valuable | video | wembley | yahoo | yard The first story in the video is the one to key in on. (Yes, that pun was intended.) So a set of very valuable keys to a famous soccer (sorry …Continue reading →

2012 Summer Olympics: North Korean Flag Flub at Olympic Soccer Match TAGS: al dallas | apologies | blitz | ceremonies | colombia | consulting | error | flag | gaffe | games | glasgow | halifax | kim jong un | korea | lean | locog | london | niccy | north | olympics | opening | operations | organizers | peace | political | problem | process | producer | production | pyongyang | rbw logistics | rocket | scotland | seoul | six sigma | Soccer | south | sports | treaty | united states | video | war | women Despite the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies occurring on Friday, some of the sports like soccer have already kicked off qualifying matches. It didn’t take long for an organizational gaffe …Continue reading →

Video: Rob Neyer’s Mailbag on SBNation TAGS: baseball | believer | blitz | blog | concepts | customer | daydream | dayton | dragons | editor | entertainment | experience | family | implementation | league | lean | mailbag | minor | monkees | music | neyer | operations | process | programming | rob | satisfaction | sbnation | sesame | six sigma | sports | street | twitter | video Rob Neyer, National Baseball Editor for SBNation, shares a video mailbag where he answers readers’ emails. He provides an answer for a question I sent his way about what sports …Continue reading →

Manufacturing Process of Footballs TAGS: ada | blitz | defects | downtime | effort | employee | ergonomics | excessive | football | handling | inventory | issues | knowledge | lacing | lean | leather | measured | motion | new york | nfl | ohio | operations | overprocessing | overproduction | perfect | perfection | players | process | production | sbnation | six sigma | sports | stitching | tenure | transportation | turning | video | waiting | wastes | wilson | wip | work in process To continue the series of posts on how sports equipment is made (see baseballs and bats as well) here’s the video from SBNation on Wilson’s production process for NFL footballs. …Continue reading →

Manufacturing Process of Baseballs TAGS: adhesive | baseball | blitz | center | core | cork | errors | lean | leather | lifting | machine | manufacturing | motion | neyer | operations | overseas | pill | poka-yoke | poly | process | rawlings | rob | rubber | sbnation | sew | six sigma | stamping | standardized | stitching | video | waste | weight | wool | yarn This is a great video on how baseballs are manufactured. So how many wasteful activities did you spot in the process? Here are some things I saw (obviously not comprehensive): …Continue reading →

Popeye’s Chicken and Stockouts TAGS: blitz | chicken | communicate | dining room | disaster | forecasting | franchise | funny | inventory | lean | marketing | operations | planning | popeye's | process | promotion | root cause | sports | stockouts | traffic | video | viral | volume | wastes And this is exactly why companies carry high amounts of inventory when they don’t need to – fear of stockouts. This problem could have been prevented without having to hold …Continue reading →

Super Bowl XLVI, NBC Production, and the Blame Game TAGS: autonomous management | blitz | blurred | brian | bruce springsteen | christopher | delay | duct tape | eradication | five whys | fix | flipping the bird | gesture | halftime | input | international | janet jackson | language | lean | m.i.a. | madonna | mccarthy | mccloskey | national football league | nbc | nfl | obscene | operations | output | paper planes | paul mccartney | picture | prevention | problems | processes | recording | six sigma | sports | super bowl | superstar | temporary | variation | video | vulgar | wardrobe malfunction | xlvi Eight years after the infamous Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” the Super Bowl halftime show again gets attention for the wrong reasons. Joining Madonna as a guest singer on stage at …Continue reading →

Cold Calling: The Pursuit of Happyness TAGS: blitz | chris gardner | cold calling | efficiency | lean | lean blitz | operations | phone | processes | pursuit of happyness | sales | son | sports | video | water cooler | will smith In this scene from The Pursuit of Happyness, Chris Gardner (played by Will Smith) demonstrates how reducing some wasteful activities in the office can make a big impact in productivity. …Continue reading →

H&R Block Commercial: Use the Right Tools for the Job TAGS: blitz | bunny | commercial | consulting | h&r block | hammer | lean | nail | operations | optimization | pink | process | right tool for the job | six sigma | sports | video | waste | wrecking ball H&R Block has a snappy little commercial that illustrates why it’s important to always use the right tool for the job. (This is not an endorsement of H&R Block’s products, …Continue reading →

Merry Christmas from Lean Blitz! TAGS: christmas | merry christmas | mr. bean | nativity scene | video