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Moonshots, how leaders can work on themselves, and the pathway to better collaboration \u2013 just some of the topics that featured on the June agenda at the Institute.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

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By Luke Whitworth<\/h6>\n
We want to start this Debrief<\/em> with a big thank you to those who made it to our Sport Performance Summit in LA last month.<\/h6>\n

It is always wonderful to see the great and the good of the Leaders Performance Institute gathered to discuss the pressing performance challenges of the day.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, the happenings at Red Bull were far from the only opportunities on offer at the Institute in June, with roundtables and community calls packed with members sharing both challenges and best practices on a range of topics.<\/p>\n

Many are covered in this month\u2019s Debrief. <\/em>As ever, do check out our upcoming events and virtual learning sessions, which are designed to help you to connect, learn and share with your fellow members from across the globe.<\/p>\n

Right, let\u2019s get into some reflections on June.<\/p>\n

What we learned at the Sport Performance Summit in LA<\/strong><\/p>\n

We had a great couple of days with those of you who made the trip; and there was plenty of thought-provoking content for us to get our teeth stuck into (full account here<\/a>). Below are a few snippets that particularly caught our attention:<\/p>\n

Four tips for avoiding the \u2018Innovator\u2019s Dilemma\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Innovator\u2019s Dilemma<\/em> is a 1997 book by Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen that explores the tension between sustaining existing products and embracing disruptive innovations. It resonated with Jen Allum, from X, the Moonshot Factory and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, who understand they could easily fall prey to the Innovator\u2019s Dilemma. Onstage, Allum shared their four top tips for avoiding this scenario:<\/p>\n

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  1. Aim for 10x not 10%<\/strong> \u2013 use \u2018bad idea brainstorms\u2019; practise the behaviours of audacious thinking; put everything on the table.<\/li>\n
  2. Be scrappy, test early<\/strong> \u2013 reject the social norm of refining; find the quickest way to learn that you\u2019re on the wrong path; have a thick skin and be OK with people thinking you\u2019re wrong and weird.<\/li>\n
  3. Build-in different perspectives<\/strong> \u2013 recruit for a growth mindset (high humility, high audacity; people who take risks in their own lives; who think differently and challenge the way problems are solved).<\/li>\n
  4. Reframe failure as learning<\/strong> \u2013 you can\u2019t solve for success, so track what you do, as failures will support future ideas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Allum added that X, the Moonshot Factory \u201crewards project shutoffs, dispassionate assessments, and intellectual honesty\u201d in the work they do.<\/p>\n

    How to optimise your energy as a leader<\/strong><\/p>\n

    As a leader, strategic thinking is in your remit, but do you ever include protecting your energy as part of the equation? \u201cAn organisation can\u2019t outpace its leaders,\u201d said author Holly Ransom onstage. \u201cSo there\u2019s nothing more important than working on ourselves as leaders.\u201d Here are her thoughts on how leaders should show up each day:<\/p>\n