A bureaucratic approach might attempt to deliver outcomes from on high, but that presumes that what fits one sporting organisation will fit all of them. It has to be a time for reaching out, checking in, asking, and listening.įor this to work, we’ll need to collaborate. We can’t take a “we know better approach”. Like reaching out to people, asking what they need, and delivering for them. For example, despite the magnitude of the task, it will come down to simple things. Getting the sports sector back in shape after this crisis presents a different set of challenges than the earthquakes but, based on my experience, there will be similarities. Never did I think we’d face another salvage project on a similar, or even bigger, scale. I collaborated with regional sports organisations to get participation levels back on track, and develop long-term rebuilding strategies for the sector. It was a massive job. I really have a strong sense of déjà vu all over again because managing recovery after a traumatic event is something I am well used to.Īfter the Christchurch earthquakes, I spent three years working as the Earthquake Recovery Manager at Sport Canterbury. That quote keeps going through my head as I consider how the sporting sector will bounce back from the general effects of COVID-19, and lock down in particular. For all his baseball feats, Yogi Berra is better known these days for an almost endless list of weird and wonderful quotes, including this one: ![]() ![]() He won 10 World Series as a player, and three as a coach. ![]() He played an incredible 19 seasons, 18 of them for the New York Yankees. Yogi Berra was an American baseball legend.
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