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Episode 99 - Leadership lessons from the pitch and the sidelines
Show Notes
Sport is more than just a game. It serves as a unifying force, bringing people together across generations and cultures. It teaches us valuable lessons about leadership, teamwork, and resilience, and it helps build a sense of community and belonging.
Patrick Skene is the Chief Creative Officer at Culture Pulse, where he engages multicultural communities across various sporting events. He’s also a storyteller, writing about sport, exploring its deeper meaning and significance beyond just being a game.
Takeaways from Dan and Pia
Three reasons to listen
- Discover how sport serves as a unifying force, engendering a sense of community, and teaching valuable lessons about leadership and teamwork.
- Understand how sport can replace traditional forms of conflict and build positive relationships among diverse communities.
- Explore how sport instils respect for elders and promotes intergenerational bonding.
Episode highlights
- [00:08:04] Sport as a microcosm of human society
- [00:11:37] Why leadership matters
- [00:14:54] Why sport matters at a deep cultural level
- [00:20:38] The consequences of lack of teamwork
- [00:24:59] Engaging different cultures from our own
- [00:27:34] One size does not fit all
- [00:30:01] Patrick's media recommendation
- [00:32:07] Takeaways from Pia and Dan
Links
- Connect with Patrick via LinkedIn
- Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things, by Adam Grant
- Leave us a voice note
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Meet the guests
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Patrick believes every day is a blessing. He is a writer, author, speaker, content marketer & founder of CulturalPulse - a digital multicultural insights & marketing agency. He practices gratitude every day.
The things he love......
Marketing: As founder & Chief Creative Officer for award winning agency CulturalPulse, Patrick's job is to create stories/campaigns that build an emotional connection in first language – the language of persuasion.
With my awesome team, we connect organisations with 'the other half' - over 120 untapped, diverse, high growth multicultural communities.
Storytelling: His stories have appeared in The Guardian Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Daily Telegraph, The Australian Financial Review & The Australian.
Author: Patrick is the proud author of ‘The Big O – the Life and Times of Olsen Filipaina’. https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-big-o-patrick-skene/book/9781988516844.html
His second book is 'Celestial Footy - the story of Chinese heritage Aussie Rules' www.celestialfooty.com.au
Passions: He is passionate about books, sports, the arts, comedy, writing, interesting people, the natural world, coaching football, chickens & enjoying the fruits of global diversity including culture, food, film, music & history.
His LinkedIn philosophy: Most days Patrick posts stories of resilience, inspiration, underdogs, positivity, inclusion, sportsmanship, comedy and excellence. Forgotten stories that should be surfaced. He finds Earth & all its Earthlings endlessly fascinating. Negativity and cynics are most unwelcome. Life is too short.
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