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The Talent Lab
Oct 8, 2024 9:24 PM

Author:Owen Slot,Simon Timson,Chelsea Warr

The Talent Lab

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award

Simon Timson and Chelsea Warr were the Performance Directors of UK Sport, tasked with the outrageous objective of delivering even greater success to Team GB and ParalympicsGB at Rio than in 2012. Something no other host nation had ever achieved in the next Games.

In The Talent Lab, Owen Slot brings unique access to Team GB’s intelligence, sharing for the first time the incredible breakthroughs and insights they discovered that often extend way beyond sport. Using lessons from organisations as far afield as the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music, the NFL Draft, the Royal College of Surgeons and the SAS, it shows how talent can be discovered, created, shaped and sustained.

Charting the success of the likes of Chris Hoy, Max Whitlock, Adam Peaty, Ed Clancy, Lizzy Yarnold, Dave Henson, Tom Daley, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Katherine Grainger, the Brownlee Brothers, Helen Glover, Anthony Joshua and the women’s hockey team, The Talent Lab tells just how it was done and how any team, business or individual might learn from it.

Reviews

A brilliant book. A must read for anyone involved in any high performance business. The Talent Lab is a fascinating insight into the success of Team GB in London 2012 and Rio 2016. Owen Slot gets to go behind the scenes to show emphatically “what, why and how” this was achieved. There is no doubt this will be a bestseller in the UK but also worldwide as the rest try to find the secret to Team GB’s amazing turnaround.

—— Sir Clive Woodward

Courtney and Carter started out in investment banking, an industry historically known for burnout. In becoming entrepreneurs, the brothers have learned that stress and burnout are not badges of honor, but rather hindrances to long-term success. Shortcut Your Startup shows you how to launch a sustainable startup so that both you and your business can thrive.

—— Arianna Huffington

In Shortcut Your Startup, Carter and Courtney echo what we increasingly know to be true: entrepreneurial success isn’t about pedigree and popularity but about pounding the pavement, taking smart risks and trusting your instincts.

—— Sophia Amoruso, bestselling author of #Girlboss

The Internet’s Third Wave is upon us. Shortcut Your Startup is a helpful guide for entrepreneurs who want to lead the way.

—— Steve Case, co-founder and CEO of AOL

What makes this book great is that it is both practical and personal. Sharing their life and business lessons openly is a gift to all us entrepreneurs. Thank you Courtney and Carter!

—— Blake Mycoskie, Founder & CEO of TOMS Shoes

Cultivating relationships is one of the keys to business success. In Shortcut Your Startup, Courtney and Carter share the best insights from their own ventures as well as what they’ve learned through their vast network.

—— Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone

Shortcut Your Startup is the handbook for the future founders of the world’s culturally relevant brands. It is hands down a must-read for consumer products entrepreneurs and anyone thinking of starting a business in today’s media and technology-driven landscape.

—— Troy Carter, Global Head of Creator Services at Spotify

Want to be an entrepreneur? You Sure? Here is a great test-checklist-guide from two great startup gurus who have been there and done that . . .

—— Professor Juan Enríquez, Harvard Business School

According to the book Shortcut Your Startup by Messrs Courtney and Carter Reum, new technology means that the time it takes for an entrepreneur to become phenomenally rich has never been quicker. And they should know . . . Shortcut Your Startup draws directly from the experience of the Reum brothers and provides new insights that they call “startup switch-ups” – hacks that will help your new business become the next big thing.

—— Mr Porter

If you’re trying to help a fledgling business grow Shortcut Your Startupby Courtney and Carter Reum seems a particularly apt place to begin.

—— People Management

This book is a must-have on every budding business owner’s shelf.

—— Elite Business

An antidote to dystopian and dated ideas about tech and leadership, Reboot is a playbook for positive deviance.

—— Lea Simpson, Co-founder, Brink

Jason paints a brilliantly vivid portrait of what a tech business can become when the good of people – whether customers, employees or suppliers – is at the heart of its thinking. It is a story that dispels fear. With disarming frankness he describes his own leadership journey, and celebrates the power of experimentation and the lessons that only come from failing. The hope and excitement the book conveys comes from the lived example of Simply Business, a powerful illustration that there is another way for business to be, apart from the dominant model of the last 40 years. And that business and society can both gain by the creation of highly successful tech business which put, meeting true human needs at the heart of their purpose.

—— Charles Wookey, CEO, Blueprint for Better Business

Packed full of real-world examples and lessons, this book is a must-read for anyone aspiring to be a better business leader and enhance the impact of technology on their business productivity, performance and culture.

—— Debbie Wosskow OBE, Co-Founder, AllBright

In a rapidly changing world, no one has all the answers, but we all need to be thinking about the workforce of the future. Jason Stockwood’s voice on the topic is important, and I applaud his innovative thinking and creative approach to experimentation.

—— Alan Schnitzer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Reboot kickstarts the movement for a positive outlook on change in the practice and meaning of work. Packed full of insight and anecdotes, it’s written in the wonderfully authentic voice of a business leader who clearly also has a life.

—— MT Rainey OBE, Advertising Founder

Jason Stockwood is one of the most people-focused CEOs in the UK

—— HR Magazine

Jason Stockwood was behind the success of several internet firms including Lastminute.com and Match.com

—— City AM

Great thinking … regarding the role of business in society

—— Brendan McCafferty, CEO of AXA Insurance
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