Rugby Admin
What ideas from rugby could be used for better business?
Teamwork
Top down command to sense and respond.
To decentralised with emphasis on every voice being important encouraging newcomers to share their ideas. Those on the field are in the best position to understand when strategies are not working. But need tools to see the big picture and communicate succintly.
DAOs
Good rugby teams operate as DAOs
Like business, or a software team, Rugby demands players of various specific skillset specialisations to combine under a common set of values and sense of purpose for how they approach the game.
In a chaotic game, Coaches can't control outcomes by dictating strategies from the sidelines.
- Provide player with mental tools to make the best decisions by playing what they see
- Create tougher conditions in training that isolate critical decision scenarios
- Continuously strengthen connection with values and purpose with effective storytelling
Winning a game of rugby like business, most often comes down to winning the small battles by incremental margins. Focus on the smaller metrics and the result will take take of itself.
Build systems not goals
Sometimes you are unlucky or meet an opponent that is having a great day. That doesn't mean the process is broken.
A great team is the combination of players and processes that know how to exploit opportunities from chaos.
Scrums
The Tech world adopted scrum, but the modern game of rugby and software development is too dynamic for scrum strategies to work or even be possible.
What is the true value of a scrum? a chance to reset tactics towards risk vs taking opportunities?
- Communicate issues
- Review against mission
- Alter tactics
- Set benchmark expectations
- Commit to collective action
How do scrums relate to being a scrum-master?
Club
What does it take to run a rugby club?
- Contracts
- Club formation
- Contracts
- Payroll
- Calendar Management
Tech
Tech strategy
- Game Analysis, better insights, less second guessing.
- Stats Perform
Health and Fitness
- Injury control
- Concussion logging
Community
Run leadership and team-building courses.
The could have created a business consultancy service from hard fought lessions.