{"id":141,"date":"2012-07-27T12:13:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T19:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wgaconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=141"},"modified":"2014-05-05T08:52:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T16:52:46","slug":"agile-operations-and-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wgaconsulting.com\/new\/2012\/07\/27\/agile-operations-and-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Agile Operations and the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agile Operations<\/h2>\n

As I try to contain my excitement over the Olympics starting tonight, I find myself thinking about how much alike competitive sports and global business operations are becoming.\u00a0 I mean focus and dedication are needed to be the best in both.\u00a0 But as the appreciation for the extreme performance and efficiency need to win also grows, so too does the need by both for timely, quality information.\u00a0 Athletes today are monitored by all manner of biometric devices and filmed by high-speed cameras (6200 frames per second or more in some cases) to identify the adjustments in training and performance needed to win.\u00a0 As global competition heats up in the marketplace as well, executives must get better information to deal with an increasing number of challenges, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n