{"id":595,"date":"2021-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/reports\/leaders-digest-drowning-in-nfts-floated-by-spacs\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T16:13:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:13:46","slug":"leaders-digest-drowning-in-nfts-floated-by-spacs","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/leaders-digest-drowning-in-nfts-floated-by-spacs\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Digest: Drowning in NFTs; floated by SPACs"},"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\/3\/2021\/08\/Gronkowski-header.png);\">\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                                Mar 18, 2021                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\" 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>Articles<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Leaders Digest: Drowning in NFTs; floated by SPACs<\/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\/sport-business\/category\/brands-sponsorship-sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Brands &amp; Sponsorship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/digital-media-sport-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Digital &amp; Media<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/investment-and-ownership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Investment &amp; Ownership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/leadership-and-culture\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership &amp; Culture<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/leaders-digest-drowning-in-nfts-floated-by-spacs\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/leaders-digest-drowning-in-nfts-floated-by-spacs\/&#038;text=Leaders Digest: Drowning in NFTs; floated by SPACs\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Leaders Digest: Drowning in NFTs; floated by SPACs. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/leaders-digest-drowning-in-nfts-floated-by-spacs\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/leaders-digest-drowning-in-nfts-floated-by-spacs\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The lede: How to put the \u2018fun\u2019 in non-fungible token.<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<h6>By <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesEmmett\">James Emmett <\/a><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Hello one and all and thanks for welcoming this \u2013 another edition of the Leaders Digest &#8211; into your inbox. We put this sports industry missive together once a fortnight and it\u2019s designed to give you a pretty handy helicopter view on what\u2019s happening, where and why across the global business of sport. If you\u2019re not subscribed and you\u2019d like to be <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/newsletter\/\">sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>3\u00a0 Questions, Answered<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>1.)\u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Am I really going to have to understand what an NFT is?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m afraid so. Following the success of the NBA\u2019s Top Shot launch, NFL player Rob Gronkowski has raised more than $1.2 million through <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.sports.yahoo.com\/news\/nfl-buccaneers-rob-gronkowskis-first-nft-card-collection-brings-in-12-million-202252299.html\">the sale of his own range of collectible digital clips<\/a>. It won\u2019t be long before any Tom, Dick or Harry is chancing his arm in the non-fungible token market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.)\u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Ever wanted to know precisely how little you\u2019re contributing to a WhatsApp group?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/mimoto\/id1549876571\">Want no more<\/a>. \u2018Personal insights engine\u2019 sounds terrifying, but looks strangely compelling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.)\u00a0 \u00a0 Are combined national domestic football leagues about to happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonrest\/status\/1371832729512374273\"> Belgians have their way<\/a>, then it certainly looks as though the top flights of Belgium and the Netherlands could merge at the end of the current five-year rights cycle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><u>Get me on the guestlist<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0You\u2019re still very much invited to join us for the next iteration of our all-singing, all-dancing live show \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/leaders-events\/leaders-week-direct-abu-dhabi\/speakers\/\">Leaders Week Direct\/Abu Dhabi<\/a> \u2013 which kicked off on Tuesday 16 March. All the content will be neatly laid out on the platform until 24 March too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><u>Tying the threads together<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A thread on the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulMacdFC\/status\/1369954360243986434\">demise of Football Index.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A thread on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKendallBaker\/status\/1370366998371311620\">trading card boom and the history of sport fan investment<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Digest, Digested<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/european-football--logged-in-1\/dvl3g\/179457991?h=K6OXpnjqQxAIPTfLXbw9yDDFhtuC7zY3ju9x0Cs95Gk\">Fort consultancy to advise prospective US investors in European football<\/a> (2 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidethegames.biz\/articles\/1105482\/paris-2024-marketing-partnerships\">Paris 2024 appoint sports marketing agencies to aid sponsorship programme<\/a> (2 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportbusiness.com\/news\/sportswear-tycoon-li-ning-seeking-250m-for-sports-spac\/\">Sportswear tycoon Li Ning seeking $250m for sports SPAC<\/a> (2 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/business\/finance\/2021\/boehly-forms-sports-real-estate-spac-1234624508\/\">Dodgers co-owner Boehly sponsoring new sports real estate SPAC<\/a> (2 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2021\/03\/11\/elevate-sv-premier-partnerships-named-us-hospitality-agents-for-qatar-2022\/\">Elevate SV, Premier Partnerships names US hospitality agents for Qatar 2022<\/a> (2 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Daily\/Morning-Buzz\/2021\/03\/09\/Elevate.aspx\">Elevate acquires ticket data firm DPP<\/a> (1 min)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altmansolon.com\/insights\/global-appetite-for-podcasting-is-increasing\/\">Altman Solon podcasting report \u2013 investment flowing<\/a> (3 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sporttechie.com\/sportradar-going-public-in-spac-deal-worth-10-billion\">Sportradar going public in SPAC deal worth $10 billion<\/a> (1 min)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcast-one-careful-owner-marc-lasry\/\">Podcast \u2013 One Careful Owner: Marc Lasry<\/a> (44 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Journal\/Issues\/2021\/03\/15\/Upfront\/NHL-ESPN-deal.aspx\">Inside ESPN\u2019s media rights deal with the NHL<\/a> (2 mins)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/-103-what-is-community-anyway-\/ffhs3\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">What is community anyway?<\/a> (8 mins)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What&#8217;s new<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Help!<\/strong> \u2013 Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics have enlisted an unprecedented amount of agency assistance as they look to build out their sponsorship programme, bringing in no fewer than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidethegames.biz\/articles\/1105482\/paris-2024-marketing-partnerships\">eight sports marketing agencies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What&#8217;s trending?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Still SPACs<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> \u2013 Chinese Olympian-turned-entrepreneur <\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportbusiness.com\/news\/sportswear-tycoon-li-ning-seeking-250m-for-sports-spac\/\">Li Ning wants in<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, so too does LA Dodgers co-owner and new Sportradar investor <\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/business\/finance\/2021\/boehly-forms-sports-real-estate-spac-1234624508\/\">Todd Boehly<\/a>, again<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0Elevate signing deals<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> \u2013 A <\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2021\/03\/11\/elevate-sv-premier-partnerships-named-us-hospitality-agents-for-qatar-2022\/\">Qatar 2022 hospitality sales mandate<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> and a ticketing data firm acquisition within the space of a week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0Therabody <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u2013 a flurry of top-tier sports sponsorship deals for the wellness tech firm, which has added Arsenal, AC Milan and Red Bull Racing to its portfolio in rapid fire style this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Numbers<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leadersinsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Altman-graphic-17-March-300x160.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If it feels like there\u2019s been an increasing amount of money being invested in podcast businesses, that\u2019s because there has been. The market is liquid. Our friends at global strategy consulting firm Altman Solon have been scrutinising it recently, and they\u2019ve charted some of the major transactions in the space over the past two years above, and added much deeper context and analysis in their latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altmansolon.com\/insights\/global-appetite-for-podcasting-is-increasing\/\">podcasting report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>People<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Got\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Martin Stevenson<\/strong> has been appointed as the next <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/-ceo-of-racecourse-media-group\/ffhs7\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">CEO of <strong>Racecourse Media Group<\/strong><\/a>, replacing Richard FitzGerald in the role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Ravi Kumar<\/strong> is replacing outgoing <strong>Asian Football Confederation<\/strong>\u00a0communications chief Colin Gibson on an interim basis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 Former New York Jets GM <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/e-tannenbaum-bruin-1234624825-\/ffhs9\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\"><strong>Mike Tannenbaum<\/strong> has been brought in as senior advisor to <strong>Bruin Sports Capital<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>James Woodroof<\/strong> has been promoted to the role of Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at <strong>Crystal Palace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Chandresh Pate<\/strong>l has left his position as Director of International Media Business Development at the NFL for <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/om-nfl-as-coo--sh-67a801fe30f0\/ffhsc\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">a new role as COO of sports podcasts network<strong> Blue Wire<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/-il-nuovo-dirigente-della-roma\/ffhsf\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\"><strong>Max Van Den Doel <\/strong>has joined <strong>AS Roma<\/strong><\/a> as the Serie A club\u2019s new CMO, leaving Adidas after 16 years in various sports marketing and leadership roles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0<strong> Karl Budge<\/strong> has left his position as tournament director of the ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland for a role as <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/ith-appointment-of-karl-budge-\/ffhsh\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">New Zealand Event and Commercial Director at <strong>SailGP<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 Are you Madison Square Garden\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/Id-7KZ02FltqTXGVqzJ7FDZO6g3D3D\/ffhsk\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">VP, Events Presentation<\/a>?<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 Are you ByteDance\u2019s new Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/gId-2AgsakBZb6nFraOElyRQag3D3D\/ffhsm\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">in Brazil<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/-trk-flagship3-search-srp-jobs\/ffhsp\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">in Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><strong><u>How do you manage?<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A window into the working worlds of people from across the sports industry now that nothing is as it was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emily Caroe<\/strong> is Founder and Director of integrated, creative sport and purpose PR agency Mallory Group. She lives in Surrey with her three teenage children.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leadersinsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Emily-Caroe-thumbnail-300x161.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"192\" \/><br \/>\n\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<br \/>\n<strong>How are you feeling now on a scale of 1-10?<\/strong><br \/>\nToday is definitely an 8. I\u2019ve been as low as a 2 over this past year, and particularly recently: this current lockdown has felt never-ending at times. My mother died of Covid-19 in April of last year, so have had to live this pandemic in a very personal way &#8211; the statistics we see each day directly relate to me and my family. And that can be tough at times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who was the last person you spoke to before me?<\/strong><br \/>\nAlicia Glenn &#8211; our account executive. She joined the business the day that London went into lockdown. She arrived as an intern at 2pm and left at 5pm with the office plants. She tells me they are still alive \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you working from home or the office?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m working solely from home. For a while last year colleagues were working from here as well, but that all stopped once again late last year. I\u2019m looking forward to getting back in the office a few days a week &#8211; it\u2019s important to come together as a team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do you work? What\u2019s the environment like?<\/strong><br \/>\nI am very lucky in that I have a home office with a big window that looks out over the front of my house, so I can see trees, hear the birds, enjoy the weather, even when stuck inside. It also means I can keep an eye on the deliveries as they seem to be coming thick and fast these days &#8211; no more having to go and collect a parcel on the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who do you share your \u2018home office\u2019 with?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m a single parent of three teenagers but luckily they all have space in their rooms to work, or they move to the kitchen table. So when colleagues aren\u2019t here, I share my study with my Peloton bike. I bought it on a whim in December 2019 and it\u2019s been a godsend. I\u2019ve met a great (virtual) community of women I regularly join in 8-week long challenges and having it here gives me no excuses not to exercise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you run a meeting?<\/strong><br \/>\nI try to come into each creative meeting with \u2018What does success look like?\u2019 as the first thing we look at. If we don\u2019t do this, then it is easy to get distracted and lack focus.<\/p>\n<p>I have read quite a bit recently about people turning off their cameras on conference calls having got \u2018Zoom fatigue\u2019, but actually I really like seeing people\u2019s faces and their reactions. But I should give it a try &#8211; perhaps we\u2019d all focus more if we had to \u2018just\u2019 listen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does your daily routine look like? How do you run your job and your life?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe have a full team meeting at 0930 every morning. I always like to hear a \u2018win\u2019 or two from the previous day, rather than just looking through the to-do list for the day. We also might just talk about something in the news that is on our minds. This week we all shared about what a week it has been for women. IWD on Monday, the Meghan\/Harry interview, the terrible news of the murder of Sarah Everard. We feel vulnerable and I think it is really important to talk it out. We were also discussing just this morning about the Palace\u2019s comms responses to the H&amp;M interview and what we would do, from a professional POV. One of my colleagues said that she would love the challenge of transforming the Palace\u2019s comms &#8211; I wished her all the best in that \u2026.!<\/p>\n<p>I then try to do my \u2018quiet\u2019 work in the morning: strategy papers, press releases, journalist pitches, creative work etc as the afternoons are often full of back-to-back calls. We work for an offshore sailing team based in Rhode Island and they are five hours behind &#8211; so from 2pm the calls kick in, often back to back to back until 7pm. It can be exhausting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early mornings or late nights?<\/strong><br \/>\nBoth. Depends on the deadline. But I often go back to my desk when the kids are in bed and prepare for the next day. Write my new list, review what I have done, and clear out my inboxes ready to go again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you focus?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nSometimes with difficulty if I am feeling overwhelmed or don\u2019t have a list to focus my mind. If my inbox has exploded and I don\u2019t know exactly what I need to accomplish then I can find myself floundering. I run multiple lists &#8211; online, in my work book and also on a fresh, small piece of paper, I write each evening what I must do the next day and it sits right in front of me as a constant reminder. I also have post-it notes to jot down the quick thoughts and stick them all over my screen. Ripping them off when completed and recycling them gives me a great boost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you cope with stress?<\/strong><br \/>\nI find stress beneficial sometimes &#8211; it really drives me on and keeps me focused. I have a good therapist who helps me to be kind to myself &#8211; I can be quite punishing as I put very high expectations on me.. Exercise also really helps me creatively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you unwind?<\/strong><br \/>\nCooking with the kids is a great one. They stand like flamingos in the kitchen, on one leg, on their phones, but at least they are around. I love hearing their chat (which is mainly focused around the quality of the toilet facilities at their school \u2026. does anyone else have this?).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are you speaking to next?<\/strong><br \/>\nSam Mallinson, the Head of Communications at E1 Series. A new client with a really different method of working (in a positive way). I have never worked with a client who is so collaborative in his approach. That\u2019s not saying our other clients aren\u2019t collaborative, as they are and we are treated as an extension of their inhouse teams, but he comes at it from a totally different 90-degree perspective which is great and it&#8217;s keeping me on my toes.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is an edited extract from the full interview, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/emily-caroe-how-do-you-manage\/\">available here<\/a><\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong><u>Money<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Deal o\u2019clock<\/strong><br \/>\nThe importance to sport of short-form video social platforms Snap and TikTok was reinforced last week when, on the same day, Snapchat renewed its <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/mes-content-deal-tokyo-beijing\/dvl3s\/179457991?h=K6OXpnjqQxAIPTfLXbw9yDDFhtuC7zY3ju9x0Cs95Gk\">Olympic deal with Discovery and Eurosport<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/ficial-uefa-euro-2020-sponsor-\/dvl3v\/179457991?h=K6OXpnjqQxAIPTfLXbw9yDDFhtuC7zY3ju9x0Cs95Gk\">TikTok became the fourth Chinese-owned sponsor of Euro 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sportradar flashing dollar signs<\/strong><br \/>\nData giant Sportradar is about to cement its status through <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/-in-spac-deal-worth-10-billion\/ffhrw\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">a huge $10 billion valuation as it gets taken public through a SPAC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bucks and sense<\/strong><br \/>\nBucks co-owner and renowned New York hedgefunder Marc Lasry is the first guest on Leaders Chair Jimmy Worrall\u2019s new One Careful Owner podcast. In it, he explains why <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/l-856843-2021-03-16-ffgq9\/ffhry\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">there\u2019s no such thing as a \u2018hands-off\u2019 sports owner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ESPN x NHL<\/strong><br \/>\nSBJ\u2019s peerless John Ourand gets himself right <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/-15-Upfront-NHL-ESPN-deal-aspx\/ffhs1\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">inside the new blockbuster, $2.8 billion NHL-ESPN rights deal<\/a> and explains exactly what he saw there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Longer read<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ve been thinking a lot about community lately \u2013 what it means for our own organization and for the wider sports industry. This <a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/e\/856843\/-103-what-is-community-anyway-\/ffhs3\/193551884?h=lIAYA2-M4QPKa6_GxkNj3NczDynhOyrYkYvjaEB92SM\">pontification on the subject<\/a> as it pertains to the fitness industry \u2013 via the excellent Fitt Insider newsletter \u2013 is worth reading.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Thanks for reading this edition of the Leaders Digest. 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