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115: Gain Line Analytics' Ben Darwin – Performance Analytics, Team Cohesion and The Wallabies

Ben Darwin is the Co-founder and General Manager of Corporate at Gain Line Analytics and in this episode we're going to take a look at what makes teams successful and stay successful. Ben is a former Wallaby player, having played 28 test matches for Australia. He's a former coach and a performance analyst, having worked with a number of rugby teams, including a Japanese team, the NTT Shining Arcs and Suntory Sungoliath, he started Gain Line in 2013 out of a desire to introduce a greater degree of empirical analysis into professional sports. But his research goes broader than just sports, it also goes into the dynamics of professional teams across industries and the cultures they foster. In this podcast, we're looking at how this has implications for investment teams and also for super fund organisations. Overview of Podcast with Ben Darwin, Gain Line Analytics 03:00 I was always interested in Australian sports punching above its weight 05:00 I realised that my efforts as a coach did not necessarily have any influence on the outcomes 08:30 We would find that teams that didn't buy new talent and held on to the players they didn't want did better 11:50 Attribution bias, we overly attribute performance to the individual 13:00 With cohesion, I'm trying to measure the attributes that drive people's understanding of each other 14:00 We all misattribute what change does 18:30 When people try to make things better, they usually make things less cohesive 20:30 The dangers of growing organisations (super funds) too quickly 23:30 Growth is really hard 27:00 Cohesion is not the same as culture 37:30 Is it possible to build cohesion in a team with a high level of turnover? 44:00 The tumble down effect: one change causes more changes, which causes even more changes 48:30 Cohesion can drop 50% in a week, but it can't grow 50% in a week. It grows maybe five per cent a year 52:00 My experience is that economies of scale are vastly overrated 1:05:00 Often we are dealing with a competent person who works in a structure that makes them look like they are incompetent 1:06:00 Building interpersonal trust is great, developing clarity is better Follow the Investment Innovation Institute [i3] on Linkedin (  / investment-innovation-institute  ) Subscribe to our Newsletter (https://i3-invest.com/subscribe/) Explore our library of insights from leading institutional investors at [i3] Insights (https://i3-invest.com/insights/) Full Transcription of Episode 115 Wouter Klijn 00:00 Hello and welcome to the [i3] podcast, conversations with institutional investors. My name is Wouter Klijn, and I'm the director of content for the investment Innovation Institute. For more information about our educational forums for institutional investors, please visit our website at www.i3-invest.com There, you can also subscribe to our complimentary newsletter, [i3] Insights, in which we discuss investment strategy and asset allocation questions with asset owners from around the world. Now, as you all know, we love our disclaimers in this industry, so here's ours. This recording is for educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice and is intended for institutional and wholesale investors only. Please enjoy the show. Welcome to the [i3] podcast, conversations with institutional investors. I'm here today with Ben Darwin, who is the co founder and general manager of corporate at Gain Line Analytics. And today's topic is a little bit different from our normal investment focus podcast, because we're going to take a look at what makes teams successful and stay successful. So Ben is a former Wallaby having played 28 Test matches for Australia. He's a former coach and a performance analyst, having worked with a number of rugby teams, including a Japanese team, the NTT shining arcs and Centauri Sun Goliath, he started gain line in 2013 out of a desire to introduce a greater degree of empirical analysis into professional sports. But as research goes broader than just sports, it also goes into the dynamics of professional teams across industries and the cultures they foster. So in this podcast, we're going to have a look at how this has implications for investment teams and also for super fund organisations. So Ben, welcome to the show. Ben Darwin 02:21 Thank you so much. Wouter Klijn 02:22 So tell me a little bit about the origin story behind gameline. I just mentioned why you started it, but can you tell us a little bit about the history of it? Ben Darwin 02:31 I suppose I have to begin in a way, and I apologise to go back, but with my own history in that not being Australian and coming from the UK, I always sort of had a bit of a always felt like a bit of an outsider in my view of the world and becoming sort of, then part of Australian Rugby. I was always confused by this id...