Office Hours w/ Andrew Ball (Former Assistant GM of Houston Astros)
How Top Teams Make Decisions Under Pressure And What Translates Beyond Sports
A live conversation on strategy, risk, and decision-making across sports and business.
In high-stakes environments, performance comes down to decision quality.
What to prioritize, what to invest in, what tradeoffs to make (and when).
Inside sports front offices, those decisions happen constantly - across scouting, analytics, player development, and operations - often with incomplete information and real consequences.
This session is designed to step back and look at how those systems actually work, and what they reveal about how organizations think, operate, and perform.
What we’ll cover:
How decision-making actually works inside MLB front offices
How teams align across scouting, analytics, and operations
How leaders approach tradeoffs, risk, and long-term bets
What translates from sports into business and technology today
Q&A with an executive who’s operated inside multiple organizations
In conversation with Arena Member:
Andrew Ball, former Assistant General Manager & VP, Houston Astros.
Experience across the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, Tampa Bay Rays, and Philadelphia Phillies working at the core of baseball operations, strategy, and decision-making.
Now advising, writing, and building at the intersection of sports and technology.
This session is most relevant for:
Executives and decision-makers working in sports, media & entertainment
Leaders responsible for strategy, resource allocation, and execution
Professionals interested in how high-performing organizations think and operate
Why Arena hosts these conversations
Most conversations about what’s actually working happen behind closed doors.
Arena Office Hours brings those perspectives into a smaller, curated setting - led by Arena Members - so you can hear how leaders are thinking and ask the questions you don’t get to ask elsewhere.
→ Register to attend - limited capacity.
About Arena
Arena is a curated member network for leaders across sports, media, and entertainment. Through weekly curated introductions and intimate industry gatherings, Arena helps members build the relationships that lead to new partnerships, investments, and career opportunities. Led by industry insiders from the NFL, NBA, and LinkedIn, Arena is the network where the industry meets. Apply to join at arenatalent.com.