Sports clarify the truths—especially the competitive truths—of being human. That’s why the Olympics are irresistible. In microcosm, within bounded place and time, people do what we do at work, teaming with comrades to reach goals while powerful opponents try to thwart us. Even better, all the people in the Olympics are practically superhuman. Who wouldn’t want to study the lessons we can distill from this spectacle?
So—four business lessons from the Olympics:
