The Sport Performance Summit

Luke enters his second season as head coach of the LA Lakers, and is tasked with rebuilding one of the NBA’s most successful ever franchises. In his first season at the helm, the team’s win total improved by nine games from the 2015-16 season, and his fast-paced, ball movement-focused offense resulted in an average of 104.7 points per game, the most by a Laker team since the 2008-09 season. Luke re-joined the Lakers after spending two seasons as an assistant coach on Steve Kerr’s staff with the Golden State Warriors, where they appeared in back-to-back NBA Finals, winning the NBA Championship in 2015.

What to expect?

• How is the coaching landscape changing?
• What are and how do you handle the pressures of being a young, first time coach?
• What are some of the key processes and approaches to rebuilding an organisation?
• Instilling winning mind-sets.

Amy is the Global Head of Learning & Development at Facebook where she has been at the organization since 2014. Amy has held various human resources and learning positions including Director and L &D Leader at PwC in Boston, London, and New York.

What to expect?

• How does one of the world’s biggest organizations work to get the best out of their talent? What are some of the processes?
• The importance of culture in this equation. How Facebook prevents stagnation by constantly scaling their culture…
• Case study from one of the biggest companies in the world.

Jim is a world renowned film producer and director, famously known for his work on Robin Hood (2010), Friday Night Lights (2004), The Finest Hours (2016) and A Wrinkle in Time (2018). Jim has been the Producer & Chairman at Whitaker Entertainment since 2010, after spending 16 years as President of Motion Picture Production. Jim Whitaker is also the founder and director of Project Rebirth. When he visited Ground Zero shortly after September 11, 2001, he was struck by the determination and resolve that he witnessed in the first responders and volunteers, and felt strongly that the process of rebuilding and recovery should be captured on film. Since 2002, Rebirth’s 14 time-lapse cameras have recorded the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site and chronicled the lives of nine people coping with 9/11.

What to expect?

• The art of storytelling and what sport can learn from his approach?
• What are some of the key processes and approaches to rebuilding an organisation?
• How human dynamics and emotions are portrayed within a character?
• How a film producer and director takes a vision and turns it into a reality.

Jeanne is the Senior Technology Advisor to the Mayor in the City of Los Angeles, where she works with teams throughout City government to develop breakthrough innovations to drive transformation. Prior to her role with the City of Los Angeles, Jeanne was the former Chief Knowledge Architect for NASA and ‘Tech Evangelist’ at The White House under President Obama.

What to expect?

• The Leaders Performance Institute network has identified the evaluation and implementation of new technologies the #1 biggest challenge for 2018.
• Formerly of NASA and the White House, Jeanne Holm has 20 years’ experience in dealing with exactly this.
• What are the processes and systems to make better decisions?

Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess Grandmaster. Hikaru is rated #1 in the United States and is the current world number eight by FIDE. What makes his style unique is the aggression, determination and will to win at all costs, while playing highly entertaining and combative chess. Hikaru has 33 titles to his name since starting his professional career in 2003.

What to expect?

• A look into elite performers from outside of sport.
• Decision making when you cannot control all of the variables.
• Processes to evaluating risk in competitive / high stress situations.

Kyle is a Canadian hockey executive who is currently serving as the General Manager of NHL side, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Prior to his transition to General Manager, Kyle held the role as Assistant GM, whilst also operating as the General Manager of the Toronto Marlies, the Leafs AHL affiliate. Kyle was hired as Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2014, at the age of 28, and at the age of 32, becomes one of the youngest General Managers in NHL history.

Rick enters his 5th season as General Manager of the club, the 11th overall with the Vikings and the 26th season in the NFL. The 2016 season will be a monumental one in Vikings history as the club enters the new state-of-the-art U.S. Bank Stadium and is coming off a successful 2015 campaign boasting a roster of young, talented core players. Rick joined the Vikings as Vice President of Player Personnel on May 30, 2006 and directed scouting, free agency and draft preparations for the club before taking on General Manager duties for 2012. Earlier in his career he climbed the ranks of NFL personnel departments with Detroit, Chicago and Miami and his tenure with all 3 franchises were highlighted by drafting impact players throughout the seven rounds and making key trades and free agency acquisitions – his teams have won 6 divisional titles and advanced to the playoffs 10 times. The Vikings have drafted players who have made immediate impacts on the club under Rick’s direction, such as superstar Adrian Peterson and this season just gone with Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter and Stefon Diggs, that led them to the NFC North title, taking it away from previous winners Green Bay Packers on the regular season finale.

Ryan is a world-renowned writer and media strategist. At the age of 19, he dropped out of college to apprentice under Robert Greene (author of The 48 Laws of Power) before going on to become the Director of Marketing for American Apparel. Through his own creative agency Brass Check, he has advised clients like Google, TASER, and Complex, as well as many prominent bestselling authors. He has authored seven books, including The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic and most recently Conspiracy. The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy in particular have been incredibly popular with world-class coaches and athletes.