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In review: The Sport Business Summit, Beijing.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

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As the sun beat down on China\u2019s ancient capital, the halls, floors, nooks, crannies, corridors and over-worked air-conditioning units of Sina Plaza echoed to the sound of insight, relationship-building and industry tittle tattle as the Beijing edition of the Leaders Sport Business Summit rolled into town for a second showing.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
By James Emmett<\/h6>\n

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Sina<\/strong> is one of China\u2019s internet darlings; the creators of Weibo, and, in Sina Sport, one of the country\u2019s leading digital sports content and community platforms \u2013 and now a genuine player in China\u2019s burgeoning mass participation event space too. The internet giant\u2019s \u2018Beijing Silicon Valley\u2019 headquarters were a fitting setting for a summit with the future of the sports industry as its focus, and the Sina Sports team were generous hosts today to Leaders, and our main partners for the summit in Aspire Zone, Nielsen, <\/strong>and ONE Championship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Eight is China\u2019s lucky number, and double luckily, there were precisely eight key lessons learned (or at least notated) over the course of an action-packed onstage programme.<\/p>\n

1. Scott O\u2019Neil gives good mantra<\/strong>
\nThe Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment CEO \u2013 using a keynote slot at today\u2019s summit in Beijing as part of a whirlwind trip to lay some groundwork for his Philadelphia 76ers\u2019 tour of China later this year \u2013 is a walking glossary of professionally inspiring ditties. Giving a typically energetic display as he provided a glimpse inside the multi-award winning organisational culture he\u2019s built at HBSE, O\u2019Neil delivered again. \u201cBe where your feet are,\u201d he urged his international audience, and he certainly was where his were. And as China continues to forge a radical new path for its own workforce \u2013 balancing the entrenched, opaque government power systems and age-based hierarchies with a burgeoning creative and entrepreneurial young generation of talent \u2013 O\u2019Neil\u2019s insight into nurturing young leaders was particularly resonant. 80% of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment employees are under-25, and O\u2019Neil has worked to ensure the organisation is \u201cMillennial-friendly\u201d, running a wildly popular \u2018CEO-for-the-day\u2019 programme \u2013 which comes with O\u2019Neil\u2019s assistant, office, and even budget for a day.<\/p>\n