The Mckinsey Process: The Astros path to success

The Astros are now the sixth team in baseball history to achieve 100 or more wins in three straight seasons, but let us not forget how it started.

The Process

In 2011 we all know the Astros started the painful rebuilding of the entire organization from the ground up under the guidance of the newly appointed General Manager, Jeff Luhnow. Luhnow was hired after the team went on to lose a league worse 106 games, often times fielding a team that even avid fans could not recognize.

It was obvious that somebody needed to steer this sinking ship. Luhnow’s extensive background, as not only a progressive thinking baseball man but an entrepreneur and consultant for companies like McKinsey and Company,…