What do elite sports people do that gives them an advantage in their field? What can we learns as designers, product owners, developers that can give us an advantage, help us improve and learn? This talk was presented at DigitalCroydon #8 on 12 April 2016 and at the LeanConf Leancamp on 23 April 2016. It is part of a more in depth talk to be given at UXCambridge in September 2016.

1. Don’t look back
DigitalCroydon #8
@mrbootle | @digitalcroydon

2. Relaxing
Photo: Axel Drainville

3. Luxurious
Photo: Alexander Montuschi

4. Friendly
Photo: oatsy40

5. Giving

6. Space
Photo: Oxfordian

7. Sometimes we’re too busy sprinting
to notice where we’ve come from
Photo: Ghislain Berger

8. Website: CapturedHQ.com

9. Dave and Clive

10. Captured

11. Break down your sport
Photo: Mr Bootle

12. CapturedJONNY “FUCKING” WILKINSON

13. Research
Photo: Mr Bootle

14. Continuous Learning
Deliberate Practice
Reflective Practice
Photo: pan optike

15. Mastery

16. What can we learn from the
sporting elite?
Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

17. Routine
Photo: AMISOM

19. TRAIN
ANALYSE
REFLECT

20. Deliberate Practice
Don’t practice the wrong things
Photo: Chronon6.97

21. Sir Dave Brailsford
Marginal Gains

22. The whole principle came from the idea that
if you broke down everything you could think
of that goes into riding a bike, and then
improved it by 1%, you will get a significant
increase when you put them all together
Dave Brailsford (2012)
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23. Osymetric
chainring

24. Osymetric
chainring#FAIL

25. Clough and Taylor
Photo: Chronicle Live

27. Mood diaries
Photo: Glenda

28. QualitativeQuantitative
WHAT? WHY?
Numbers
Senses
Motivations
Behaviours

30. Tiny Habits
[anchor]
+ [new behaviour]
+ [celebration] Photo: Amanda Hirsch

31. Tiny Habits
[anchor]
+ [new behaviour]
+ [celebration]

32. What are the marginal gains
you can apply?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/respres/6977262826/in/faves-54361679@N08/
Photo: Jeff Turner

34. Rule 1:
WE’RE ALL BUSY

35. Agile Ceremonies
Stand up / Stand down
Planning // Demos // Retrospectives
Photo: GDS Team

36. Reflective Sprint

37. Walls
Kanban
Design Studio / Crits
Spacial Memory
Photo: Mr Bootle

38. Writing and drawing
Photo: talimelekalikimaka

39. Walking
Photo: José Luis Serrano

40. Lunch
Team and Peer lunches
People from other companies
Photo: GDS

41. Process not tools
Photo: Michele Ide-Smith

42. What next?
#LookBack
Photo: Amy Siân Green

43. Thank you. Any questions?
#LookBack
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