My firstminute with Sir Clive Woodward (England's 2003 Rugby World Cup Winning Head Coach)

My firstminute is a series of informal talks with global leaders sharing stories about the earliest days of their career, how they overcame some of their toughest challenges, and how they now enjoy supporting the next generation. On Thursday 14th May 2020, we hosted a special edition of “My firstminute” with Sir Clive Woodward, England's 2003 Rugby World Cup Winning Head Coach and Team GB Director of Sport, London 2012 Sir Clive is an icon of British sport. He pioneered elite performance culture and ‘marginal gains’ well ahead of his time. Drawing on his considerable commercial experience, Sir Clive has spent decades transferring successful leadership approaches between business and sport. In conversation with technology founder and firstminute capital LP Tommy Stadlen, Sir Clive described his journey to World Cup glory, which began with no office, no phone, no management team and a losing culture. Tommy covered the lessons Sir Clive has learned applying high performance principles to football, Olympic sport and startups. And we also heard how a master planner has approached lockdown.