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Lean Blog: Sports

Lean Concepts in Sports and Lean Lessons from the Sports World

This book is 100% completeLast updated on 2017-02-16
Mark Graban

Posts at the intersection of Lean Thinking and Sports...

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This e-Book is a collection of posts from Mark Graban's LeanBlog.org that focus on Lean concepts found in professional and college sports, as well as Lean lessons from players, coaches, and other leaders that can be applied in our own workplaces.

The posts have been freshly edited and updated, with updated links and new reflections being added at the end of some posts. Content has been organized into sections for different sports: baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and miscellaneous.

What can David Stern and the NBA, Rex Ryan of the New York Jets, and the Atlanta Braves teach us about Lean leadership? What can we learn about Lean by observing the beer concession stands or other stadium operations? What does a missing Olympic hockey puck teach us about problem solving? Read this book to find out.

The book is the equivalent of 266 pages in paperback form.

It can also be purchased in the Amazon Kindle store.

Last updated February 2017.

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Mark Graban

Mark Graban is an internationally recognized consultant, author, professional speaker, and podcaster. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus. For his full bio, visit www.MarkGraban.com.

Mark's newest book is Psychological Safety for Lean Leaders: Make It Safe to Speak Up, So Improvement Can Actually Happen, available now on Leanpub while in progress.

His previous book (2023) is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, recipient of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award.

He is also the author of Lean Hospitals and co-author of Healthcare Kaizen, both recipients of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award. He is the editor of the anthology Practicing Lean, published through Leanpub, and published Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More in 2018, originally on Leanpub.

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Chad Walters

Chad Walters is the founder of Lean Blitz Consulting, a Dayton, Ohio-based firm focused on providing education, development, and implementation of lean methodologies to sports organizations and small businesses. Chad is an ASQ-certified Six Sigma Black Belt that has worked with the Atlanta Braves, South Bend Silver Hawks, Eaton Corporation, and The Dannon Company on continuous improvement and other forms of strategic development. Check out his blog…

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