The Ecosystem of Excellence

Episode release date:
April 16, 2026
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Podcast overview

This conversation with David Clancy explores how elite sports systems can be redesigned to foster human flourishing, sustainability, and collective flow. We discuss signals of high-performance environments, trust, leadership, and the potential for sports to serve as laboratories for cultural change beyond the stadium.

David is a good friend of mine from Dublin, Ireland, with a long history of work, knowledge and development at the nexus of sport, positive psychology and flow. His experience improving the ecosystems of excellence for Premiere League soccer teams, NHL, NFL, NBA and numerous other sports gives him a unique perspective on what it takes for teams to thrive, and his views on how to shift athletes from being seen as “assets” to being treated as valued humans is both refreshing and insightful.

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