Well, the main Olympics is over and I’ve enjoyed it, despite myself. I’m not a big sports fan but my youngest daughter is a keen hurdler and so I’ve drummed up enthusiasm for track and field events. Diving and cycling too — and I even got into the horse dancing. Really into the horse dancing. Don’t you go badmouthing my dancing horses.
But if I’m a dabbler in Olympic fervour, my true passion is terrible business content. So for me, the real Olympic action was over on LinkedIn. My God, the takeaway lessons, the teachable moments and the insights. Every medal came with its own learnings and no discipline was too obscure to be tied to a business case. It was an Olympics of management