Success in baseball and business isn’t a matter of who has the most financial resources
In both baseball and business, unconventional strategies are often ridiculed. But with opening day of the 2004 Major League Baseball season upon us and the summer travel season not far behind, it’s hard to argue with the success of the Oakland A’s or Southwest Airlines. As management consultants and avid baseball fans, we spent more than a few winter nights this year comparing how the best businesses and the best baseball teams of the last five to 10 years were managed and found four hallmarks of top organizations.