He expresses this idea by explaining how successful businesses, such as Target and Coca-Cola, are often stepping back and asking questions to find new ways to effectively innovate and refine their products, services, and overall operations. Throughout the entirety of Moneyball, this is exactly what Beane was doing: “If you challenge the conventional wisdom, you will find ways to do things much better than they are currently done” (Lewis 98). Beane did not like the old style of recruiting based off of appearance and he was constantly asking himself how to change the system. When he met Paul DePodesta, Harvard economics major and a fan of baseball, he knew this was his chance; he challenged conventional wisdom and created a much better system of recruiting based on statistics. Beane was able to recruit players that he could afford to help his team win, despite the fact, all the other scouts referred to them as misfits because they didn’t look the part. Due to Beane’s ability to ask the “stupid questions,” he was able to change the entire system of baseball recruiting and lead his team to a successful
He expresses this idea by explaining how successful businesses, such as Target and Coca-Cola, are often stepping back and asking questions to find new ways to effectively innovate and refine their products, services, and overall operations. Throughout the entirety of Moneyball, this is exactly what Beane was doing: “If you challenge the conventional wisdom, you will find ways to do things much better than they are currently done” (Lewis 98). Beane did not like the old style of recruiting based off of appearance and he was constantly asking himself how to change the system. When he met Paul DePodesta, Harvard economics major and a fan of baseball, he knew this was his chance; he challenged conventional wisdom and created a much better system of recruiting based on statistics. Beane was able to recruit players that he could afford to help his team win, despite the fact, all the other scouts referred to them as misfits because they didn’t look the part. Due to Beane’s ability to ask the “stupid questions,” he was able to change the entire system of baseball recruiting and lead his team to a successful