We all know it’s important, we talk about it, say it is what separates the good from the great, but it is often hard to put your finger on. I am talking about “culture.” Culture is synonymous with sport, teams that rise to the top often are credited with having the best cultures. This week, Coach Dawn Staley, head coach of the University of South Carolina’s 2022 NCAA Women’s Championship basketball team explained “culture matters.” This is no surprise, as the best sports teams and organizations are described as having a shared identity, openness to change and meaningful interpersonal dialogue. Yet, understanding what makes the culture of an organization or team unique can often feel elusive. Using rigorous research methods, we can begin to systematically unpack a team or organization’s culture to explain what is going well and what needs to be improved. Culture can be described as the shared beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of a collection of individuals. This means every team and organization has its own unique perspectives, values, decision-making processes, not to mention its challenges. Since an organization’s culture is defined by its people, self-examination can reveal the culture of an organization, but more importantly, this means once a culture can be quantified, people can take meaningful action to change t
For more than a year, IntelliSport Analytics studied the athlete experience at the 24th Winter Olympic Games that took place in February 2022. This press release provides a snapshot into the study and the findings of the report. Click here to read the report’s full findings and recommendations:Following the conclusion of the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China, IntelliSport Analytics commissioned a study to to examine the experiences of athletes. In total, 2,895 athletes were invited to participate in the study, garnering 232 respondents (8%), of which 161 completed the entire survey (5%).The study examined: (1) athletes’ awareness of and perceptions of various Olympic Games attributes (competition formats, atmosphere, access to resources, training and competition environments, etc.); (2) the impact of Covid-19; (3) the awareness of and influence of the Olympic Principles; (4) political and social issues during the Olympic Games; and (5) the perception of performance enhancing drug use.The study revealed several important findings:The experiences of men and women athletes were mostly the same, but there were significant differences between how younger (under 25 years old) and older athletes (25 years and older) experienced the games. The sign
The Big West Conference, is an NCAA Division I member with 11 academically and athletically nationally proclaimed institutions. The Big West membership consists of Cal Poly, CSU Bakersfield, Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, Hawai‘i, Long Beach State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara. IntelliSport Analytics is partnering with The Big West Conference to study the student-athlete experience and will provide strategic recommendations.