innovation
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The Parallels of Power: From the Athletic Field to the Boardroom
The spotlight shines brightly on Kayla Mitchell, a 15-year-old track sensation, as she dashes across the finish line, smashing yet another record. Meanwhile, across town in a sleek skyscraper, Diane Reynolds, a seasoned CEO, closes a multi-million dollar deal that solidifies her company’s dominance in its sector. At first glance, Kayla and Diane might seem…
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Mindset of a Champion: The Key to Your Young Athlete’s Success
In today’s hyper-competitive world of youth sports, athletic prowess is often considered the key to success. While physical skills are undeniably essential, recent research suggests that the role of mental fortitude in sports is just as, if not more, significant. This article aims to highlight the need for young athletes to pay more attention to…
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Chasing Shadows: Is Current Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training Helping or Hindering?
It’s about time we shake the dust off the words we commonly use and gaze critically at the existing corporate practices that surround Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Make no mistake: We are firm believers in the importance of DEI. Workplaces should be melting pots of diverse ideas, voices, and experiences. But it seems like…
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Threads Is The End of Social Media: But The Beginning Of “Social Performance”
So you’ve heard about Threads? Amid this sea change, recent trends point towards a growing need to better understand and measure human behavior across business and sport domains. In these trends, there’s a platform that’s reshaping the landscape – Threads. A data-driven tool that could mark the end of social media as we know it.Why?…
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Overcoming the Perfectionist Paradox: Performance Mindset in Business and Sports
In today’s increasingly competitive world, perfectionism – the constant pursuit of flawlessness coupled with critical self-evaluation – is often held aloft as an exemplary trait, an emblem of success. However, a growing body of research suggests that this relentless chase of perfection can have significant detrimental effects on both business performance and sports outcomes. The…
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Untapped Potential of Analytics for Sports Innovation in Canada: A Shallow Dive into Athlete Mindset Assessment
As the global sports industry evolves, the use of technology and analytics for driving performance enhancement and strategic decision-making is fast gaining momentum. However, in Canada, the adoption of these cutting-edge technologies remains relatively low, particularly in assessing and developing athletes’ mindset, resulting in untapped potential. This article aims to shed light on the current…
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More Narcism Means Less Accurate Survey Data
Our world is more and more focused on self every single day. This tendency toward narcism is being driven by multiple factors, creating the reality that how we are perceived is at the forefront of our minds more than any time in history. This combined with a desire to drive attention spans down is having…
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Group Culture & Empathetic AI: Oh The Possibilities
Group culture is a dynamic and challenging area of human performance. To add to that, empathetic AI is a relatively new frontier in the world of artificial intelligence that is garnering more attention all the time. When we bring these two things together, we create an arena where entirely new frontiers can be discovered in…
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3 Organizational Culture Insights From 2021
In 2021, organizational culture continued on the path of difficult trends set in 2020. Mainly, these trends involve the continued use of remote work, economic challenges, continuous pivoting, lack of clear vision, and turnover. Check out the biggest changes we’ve seen in the past year and how we can improve them in 2022. The Great…
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Surveys: Hiking With A Broken Compass Could Cost Billions
How many times to you fill out a survey each year? 50? 100? 500? Now consider how little thought and intent you put into them. Yup, bad news. When major decisions are made off of the results of these, it is easy to see how we are being directed by a broken compass. The Evidence…