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Moneyball and Management Innovation

Jamie Notter

If you haven’t seen it, the movie is about Billy Beane , General Manager of the Oakland A’s baseball team, who about 10 years ago started evaluating his players and fielding a team in a completely different way (and getting great results, at about one-fourth the payroll of the big market teams).

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Big Data: Big Headache or Big Opportunity for Associations?

Association Adviser

It’s also a great member benefit and new member recruiting tool. Be careful what you wish for. You become more efficient at jogging with weights in your hands , but are you really achieving your ultimate goal of become faster and more fit? When not to do research.

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