{"id":13920,"date":"2022-10-24T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=13920"},"modified":"2022-10-25T08:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T08:55:50","slug":"podcast-the-blueprint","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast:  The Blueprint \u2013 New York Jets\u2019 Chris Gargano &amp; Seattle Sounders FC\u2019s Maya Mendoza-Exstrom recorded live at Leaders"},"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\/2022\/10\/2.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                                24 Oct 2022                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\" 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>Podcasts<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Podcast: The Blueprint \u2013 New York Jets\u2019 Chris Gargano &amp; 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Inject creativity? Bring projects and partnerships to life? They\u2019ll provide fresh perspective on sport\u2019s most recognisable organisations, with real life examples of where strategy worked (or didn\u2019t), to reveal how to execute strategy successfully and avoid pitfalls.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this episode, recorded at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in September, we\u2019re joined by two innovative leaders from the US: Chris Gargano, Founder of Gargano Leadership Group and consulting Executive Producer at the New York Jets and Maya Mendoza-Exstrom, COO at the Seattle Sounders FC and Chair of the Seattle 2026 World Cup Committee. Together with Leaders\u2019 Head of Content David Cushnan and Deltatre\u2019s Commercial Strategy Lead Max Barnett, the pair explored not only the traditional components of strategy (i.e measurement, benchmarking and constant iteration) but also how they encourage flexibility and exercise creativity as leaders in the modern age.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint-the-football-associations-paul-brierly\/\">Podcast: The Blueprint \u2013 The Football Association\u2019s Paul Brierley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-the-blueprint-sky-sports-yath-gangakumaran\/\">Podcast: The Blueprint \u2013 Sky Sports\u2019 Yath Gangakumaran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/podcast-leaders-live-the-creator-economy-and-how-to-unlock-it-in-sport\/\">Podcast: Leaders Live &#8211; 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