Moneyball is widely known and admired. People love the story and want to replicate the success. The key idea we see played out isn't unique to baseball: "How do we maximize 'wins' while leveraging the resources we have available?" This story revolves around the idea in baseball that buying the best players is the way you buy the most wins. Jonah Hill's character challenges this idea saying, "Your goal shouldn't be to buy players. It should be to buy wins. And in order to buy wins, you have to buy runs." But how do you "buy runs"? It boils down to the basics: getting players on base. While analytics offer significant advantages, it's crucial to find ways to reconnect back to the ultimate goal of generating "wins" by identifying the fundamental pieces and understanding how they help generate wins. When we start to do that, we can start to ask the right questions and work toward meaningful impact.
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