What Makes An Ideal Contest - Case Studies from Sports, Music, and Medicine You can use in Business and Life!

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If our life is the total of our most memorable moments stitched together, many such moments are those awards and trophies we have received for our accomplishments. No matter how you look at competition, our life is a long series of contests in which we participate voluntarily or involuntarily. And the metrics or key performance indicators (KPIs) we use to measure ourselves and our teams play an integral role in our engagement, fulfillment, and productivity. So in this video I provide an analysis of the various factors and outcomes to consider when designing competitions, metrics, job interviews through various case studies across sports, music, and medicine. Follow my podcast and contact me directly at [email protected] or [email protected] to design metrics for your organization that 1) are most relevant to the function or activity being measured, 2) predict future behaviors rather and do not report past activity alone, and 3) that stimulate collaboration and transparent communication more than competition. Here are some specific highlights from this podcast episode: 2:20 - The Rules Factor: performance enhancing substances in competitions (unfair play) 2:45 - The Players: Qualification criteria to enter the contest 2:53 - The Judges and their relevance 3:24 - "Competition is an Expression of Performance, not Success" 3:58 - Laszlo Barabasi's book "The Formula" reference - The difference between Performance and Success 6:16 - The spectrum of competition vs collaboration as the outcome of contests or metrics 7:04 - Sportsmanship 7:22 - High Jump example in Track and Field as an objective, fair contest unaffected by steroids or performance enhancing substances 7:59 - Music Festivals and Competitions: San Remo Festival in Italy and The Grammys in the U.S. 9:45 - Physician training in Medicine: Case Study 10:41 - Adult Learning Principles 11:05 - San Remo Music Festival Format in Detail 12:09 - Grammy Awards Voting + Format 13:05 - The value of live + repeat performances to engage and get to know the contestants over time 14:54 - Real-time communication of contest results / immediate feedback 15:38 - Critical outcome of all contests - Changing Behavior 15:56 - Tiger Woods' first Major Championship win and its impact on golf popularity among young multicultural, diverse athletes 16:26 - Ben Johnson's 100 m dash and steroids in 1988 Seoul Olympics 17:06 - Summary of 3 critical outcomes of ideal contests 17:50 - People can reach success without awards or highest performances 18:52 - Dr. Ian Lang's Quote - Teaching without Testing is like Cooking without Tasting, Reading without Writing