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We met with Tomasz Książek from Philips, Grzegorz Dobranowski from IBM Polska, Agnieszka Jackowska-Durkacz from Infosys, Brian Griffin, Marek Bilinski, Piotr Metz, prof. Piotr Chomczynski, prof. Violetta Krawczyk – Wasilewska, and dr. Aleksandra Krupa – Ławrynowicz who shared their expertise and observations while learning mutually. We came up with ideas about innovation, feedback, collaboration, technology, grit, courage, e-folk, being one step ahead, good timing and fashion or trends, all of them spanning across the universe of business, education and art.

INTEGRATION is one of the good yet challenging practices in many organizations which I had to chance to observe.

Every time I look at an organization, project or team of people, I feel compelled to influence their so-called corporate culture.

WO: What is the role of the coach in improving individual players and the team as a whole?

In these strange times we all stay at home with our families, and taking out the rubbish is a big deal as this is a chance to go outside.

WO: You run a profitable education and sports business. How did you start?

Michał: We were always interested in sports and very active. We practiced sports together. Everyone in our company was somehow active in sports.

WO: In sports, the desire to succeed, sometimes at all costs, is related to ambition and the need to compete. How do you manage to convey and maintain the belief that sports have their rules and that fair play is rewarded? I know that the determination to win is very strong, especially in professional sports, and that it’s difficult not to cross the line. This is part of sports education, I reckon. What is the role of fair play in sports?

Let’s think how we could compare the rules governing team and individual work choosing the game of curling as a source of inspiration. It’s about transparent communication, based on respect and listening or cooperation. What if we all met on ice…?

WO: Is there anything you’ve taken from sports and you use today in your job as school principal and member of the school team?

Michał: Myślę, że to jest praca zespołowa i rządzące nią reguły – te zdobyte w sporcie doświadczenia pomagają mi teraz w pracy.

The future is approaching much faster than you could imagine. Many technologies which today seem to be science-fiction will soon be upon us and become standard in our environment.