{"id":2702,"date":"2017-09-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/vlogs\/summit-session-new-way-thinking-implementing-overcoming-hardest-step-innovation\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:20:25","slug":"summit-session-new-way-thinking-implementing-overcoming-hardest-step-innovation","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/summit-session-new-way-thinking-implementing-overcoming-hardest-step-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit Session: A New Way of Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Session-3.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Sep 05, 2017                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Summit Session: A New Way of Thinking<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/data-innovation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Data &amp; 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>Speakers<\/h4>\n<h4><b>Jack Levis<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Senior Director of Process Management, UPS<\/p>\n<h4><b>Jim Collins<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Vice President of Industrial Engineering, UPS<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>New innovations come thick and fast to leaders in every industry. However, it isn\u2019t just about having a great idea and that light-bulb moment \u2013 the hardest step comes next, as you attempt to implement new ways of thinking to challenge the status quo. 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