In the first episode of our second series I talk with Ultimate Fighting Championship Performance Institute VP of Performance Dr Duncan French, as we discuss how learning from elite sporting organisations and athletes can be used to inform the corporate landscape and worker. Duncan provides some fascinating insights reflecting on his career working in elite sport (English Institute of Sport, British Basketball, British Taekwondo, English Premier League, Notre Dame University, UFC PI) as a practitioner, coach, manager and industry thought leader. We talk work-life balance (or lack of it), situational leads, hollocracy, north stars and organisational cybernetics in what is a thoroughly enlightening conversation that has something for everyone!