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tomorrow 14 september france will celebrate its olympic and paralympic athletes by having a parade of champions. as a follow-on, emmanuel wants the date, 14 sept, to become a national holiday where sport of all sorts are foregrounded and celebrated. he also wants to establish an order of (national) merit which is sport-centric, and emanates from the #paris2024 olympics and paralympics. further, he wants to create a parliamentary commission to analyse the heritage of the games; and to see how the myriad successes of the games can be translated into everyday best practice e.g. why is there a housing crisis when it is that accommodation for the games could be built so efficiently? https://lnkd.in/d-cKB5ed #france #sport #nationalholiday #proposal

I've always found it odd to rank countries by the number of gold #medals, or even all medals, at the #Olympics. This method introduces a significant #bias towards larger countries that have dominated the rankings for decades. Le Monde proposes more interesting metrics, such as ranking countries based on the number of medals per capita or per GDP. These alternative pretty basic rankings provide a more accurate reflection of each country's investment in developing sports excellence. These also come with their own biases but at least bring more intriguing perspectives. (the article is in French but you should get the key messages by playing with the live tables)

FRENCH WORD OF THE DAY... "La vasque" - roughly lah vask - technically translates as basin or a shallow pool that might be converted into a fountain. However, during the Paris 2024 Olympics, the word has a specific meaning. 'La vasque' is the word for the flying Olympic cauldron floating above one of the pools in the Tuileries Garden. In normal times, this part of the Garden is just a pool with a fountain in the middle. But during the Olympics, the cauldron, which was lit by the Olympic torch, is floating above the ground, carried by a hot-air balloon. You can visit it during the Games period - visits are free, but must be reserved in advance. During the day it will be above the Tuileries and then each night it will float up to 60 metres high each night during the Games period. Local politicians have already begun discussing plans to make la vasque a permanent addition to the garden. Use it like this: C'est gratuit, mais il faut réserver une place avant de visiter la vasque. - It is free, but you do have to reserve a slot before visiting the Olympic cauldron. La vasque est l'un des objets les plus emblématiques des Jeux Olympiques à Paris. J'espère qu'ils la conserveront pour toujours ! - The Olympic cauldron is one of the most emblematic objects of the Olympic Games in Paris. I hope they keep it forever! europeanamericantravel.com

A Parisian university did a study on pros and cons of a (purely theoretical, for now) future integration of trail running in the summer Olympics. The most interesting bit for me is the recommendations that practitioners from 5 'less conventional' sports among those that joined the programme in the past 20 years offer to trail running: Snowboard, skateboarding, mountain bike, sport climbing and surfing. Finding the right competition format, and staying loyal to the values of the sport are the key factors. The report also includes trail running experts' views on opportunities and threats of said theoretical incusion. (I believe pros far outweigh cons).

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Professional sport is all about champions. To effectively manage your data and sports content, you need a champion. Bravo to Julia Simon and bravo to the IBU x Perfect Memory 🏆🏆🏆 #knowledgemanagement #sportdata #contentmanagement #mediamanagement #knowledgeoperatingsystem

As a Mental Performance Coach, I can totally relate to Paris Basketball's Coach Tuomas Iisalo's philosophy in this great interview that he gave to BasketEurope where he shares some of his vision. Coach Iisalo is a great example for many of us out there, looking to adapt our work in the present moment while still being avant-gardiste, using simple tools with effectiveness and methods other organizations take for granted, but that we will all be using in the future... "I'd love it if it wasn't modern basketball, because modern means it's from the current era. I'd like us to play the basketball of the future, and not be the best in there but the only ones doing it. (...) There are very few things we've invented, but we've created combinations that maybe didn't exist or that teams weren't using with our regularity. These are simple things. Doing simple things very well is the key. But simple is not easy!" Great work out there Coach! Thanks for showing the way. #themindgameofbasketball #goals #ambition #perspective #thefutureofbasketball #simpleandefficient #masteryourmind #mentalskills #mentalpreparation #takeanedgeoverthecompetition #thetimeisnow

Paris is not done yet! The Games consist of not 1 but 2 major global mega events, the Olympics and the Paralympics. The 2024 Paralympics in Paris will feature 22 sports, including: para archery, para athletics, para badminton, blind football, boccia, para canoe, para cycling, para equestrian, goalball, para judo, para powerlifting, para rowing, shooting para sport, sitting volleyball, para swimming, para table tennis, para tae kwon do, para triathlon, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby, and wheelchair tennis. Stay tuned for the Paralympics that start on Aug 28, 2024. I have met quite a few paralympians and every time I meet a paralympian, there is only word I can use to describe them: Superhuman. #paralympics #paris2024 #superhuman

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That’s conflict management. Well DJ Tony Rojas. Sometimes when the stakes are high, tension arises and we bôme very frustated and upset. But if we take time to de-escalate, breathe we can resolve the issue. I have seen these scenes several times managing projects. It happens during meetings when stakeholders have conflicting interests and one wants to prevail. As a project manager, I usually take back the control of situation as Dj Tony and pacify the room. There are different techniques to do that, but my favorite is storytelling to make people relaxed and smile. In this way, collaboration becomes much more effective and everyone can focus on the deliverable value. I Will be happy to read what is your favorite technique for conflict management during your job in a particular context. #conflictmanagement #momentdegrace #DJTONYROJASPADRON