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A podcast about the questions.
Dr. MCB’s Curosites
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Latest · What makes a high-performance culture? · Q3 · 1 Nov 2026
What makes a sport culture toxic?
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Each series takes one big question and breaks it into smaller ones. Every smaller question gets its own episode.
Culture & leadership
What makes a high-performance culture?
This seven-part series draws on The Psychology of High-Performance Sports Organizations: Culture, Safety, and Leadership, by Marie Claire Bourque and Madeline Antony (Routledge). It asks what makes a high-performance culture, one of the book's seven questions at a time.
3 of 7 episodes · Q4 coming
Question 1: What are we actually dealing with?
Episode What is the landscape of professional sport?
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Question 2: Is it safe to speak up?
Episode Is it safe to speak up in professional sport?
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Question 3: What makes a sport culture toxic?
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Question 4: How do we decide when it matters?
Episode comingQuestion 5: Are we listening—and using what we hear?
Episode comingQuestion 6: How do we stay grounded when everyone is screaming?
Episode comingQuestion 7: Will this survive us?
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