The essence of SODI; as exemplified by our Boards (attached), SODI is differentiated from other sport conferences/seminars by the co-creation it creates among what, to date had been disparate areas of expertise. While we certainly leverage the experiences and knowledge of Experts from the World of Sport—as do other sport conferences/seminars, our value add results when that knowledge/expertise interacts with that of Organization Dynamics Experts.

SODI’s two programs to date (attached) along with its Boards of Advisors provide a sense for the exciting present and future that SODI is creating.

As per our programs and boards, we leverage expertise from teams such as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Heat, St. Louis Blues, Michigan Athletics, USA Swimming, etc. which cocreates with expertise from top B-Schools such as Michigan’s Ross School of Business, the Columbia Business School, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, Cornell University, etc. in providing guidelines for creating a sustainable competitive advantage in sport.

Sport & Organization Dynamics Institute Boards of Advisors

Founders Dr. Kim Cameron Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Mr. Noah Croom Managing Partner, Beautiful Game Group Mr. Joe Hanson Senior Manager of Operations, Draft Kings Prof. Michael Huyghue Cornell University Law School Dr. Robert Quinn Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Ms. Melanie W-Barnett Chief Executive Education Officer, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Dr. Richard Wolfe Faculty Director, Sport & Organization Dynamics Conference, Ross School Dr. Lynn Wooten President- Simmons University

Advisors who are Experts in Organizational Dynamics Dr. Kathy Babiak Sport Management- Univ of Michigan Dr. Mike Barger Ross School of Business- Univ of Michigan Dr. Joel Brockner Business School, Columbia University Prof. Marcus Collins Ross School of Business, Univ of Michigan; Dr. Richard Dopp School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ of Michigan Dr. Lyndon Garrett Carroll School of Management- Boston College Dr.Kathrin Hanek Management/ Marketing Department, University of Dayton Dr. Kevin Kniffin Business School, Cornell University Dr. Venkat Ramaswami Marketing, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Dr. Sim Sitkin Fuqua School of Business - Duke University Dr.Maxim Sytch Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Advisors who are Experts in the World of Sport Doug Armstrong General Manager, St. Louis Blues Hockey Club Joe Bohringer Retired MLB Executive, including Assistant GM, Seattle Mariners; Director Pro Scouting, Chicago Cubs Chris Borland Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, University of Wisconsin, Linebacker; SF 49ers, NFL all- rookie team Michael Fairman Product Manager, Avrij Analytics (sports analytics), Previously Professional Scout and Hockey Operations Adviser, Florida Panthers Chris Grant Advanced Scout, San Antonio Spurs; Previously General Manager, Cavaliers Brendan Harris Director of Athlete Development, MLB at X10 Capital; Previously MLB infielder (8 years) and Scout, Los Angeles Angels Victor Hobson 2nd Round Draft Choice by NY Jets; played 5 years--2003 - 2007 Nikki Kett Assistant Swim Coach, The University of Michigan Exec. VP, Regulatory Affairs, NCAA (2014–2018); Athletic Director, West Virginia U. (2010– 2014); Pres. & GM, Houston Dynamo (2005–2010); former NFL QB Warde Manuel Athletic Director, The University of Michigan Lucinda McRoberts Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel, USA Swimming Alan Ostfield Chief Executive Officer, US Sailing Wendy Pattenden Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Sport Institute--Pacific David Plummer Olympic Gold Medal Winner Swimming Bobby Scales Coordinator of Strategic Initiatives for Player Development, Pirates; formerly Director of Player Development, LA Angels (‘13-‘15) and 14 yrs. as professional player. Mark Shapiro President & CEO, Toronto Blue Jays Managing Partner, Beautiful Game Group; past GM, Maurice Williams Team Pastor, Jacksonville Jaguars; Previously NFL Offensive Lineman (10 years) Susan Williamson Sr. VP, Business Operations, Phil. 76ers. and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment

Sport Leadership During and Emerging from Crises 10:00- 11:15 AM EST 1) Feb. 23; Understanding the Stages of Crises: A Necessary Precursor to Successful Emergence • Dr. Mike Barger, Ross School of Business- Univ of Michigan. While no two crises are the same—they do tend to have stages that they go through. Mike Barger, who specializes in Crisis Management, will set the stage for our series by reviewing the stages—indicating how the relative importance of stakeholder groups and their issues vary by stage. 2) March 2; Crisis and Leadership - Robert Quinn, Center for Positive Organizations at Ross School of Business- University of Michigan; with Shane Battier, VP Player Development and Analytics, Miami Heat. During this session Bob Quinn will interact with Shane Battier in discussing how during crises, some leaders transcend their ego, discover how to serve a purpose greater than self, and become more effective leaders. Bob and Shane will discuss their experiences with this phenomenon. 3) March 9; The Effects of Societal/Racial Unrest on Sport • Marcus Collins, Ross School of Business- University of Michigan; with Kim Davis, Sr. Executive VP, NHL—Social Impact, Growth Initiatives, Legal Affairs; Doug Whaley, Managing Partner, The Beautiful game Group; Former NFL Executive.

A seminal challenge sports have faced this year has been the rise in protests against systemic racism and social injustice. The question faced during this session is how sport franchises should respond internally and externally to these issues. Marcus Collins will provide guidance for leaders concerning these issues. Marcus will interact with Kim Davis and Doug Whaley who have dealt with these challenges.

4) March 16; The Role of Culture in Producing a Winning Team and a Winning Organization and Thus in Navigating a Crisis • Kim Cameron, Center for Positive Organizations at Ross School of Business- University of Michigan; with Mark Shapiro President, Toronto Blue Jays.

This session will involve two leaders—Kim Cameron, a leader in developing our understanding of organizational culture and Mark Shapiro, a very successful MLB executive who believes in the seminal importance of culture in team/organizational success. Kim and Mark will share their expertise on culture—focussing on its effects on success as well as its role in addressing crises.

5) March 23; Making Change Happen During a Crisis - Creating Energy While Minimizing Resistance • Professor Joel Brockner, Columbia Business School- Columbia University; with Susan Williamson, Sr. VP. Business Operations, Philadelphia 76ers. Joel Brockner will share his expertise on organizational change—while relating it to sport, and more specifically to change during crises. The interaction of Joel and Susan will bring to the fore particular elements of change that might be unique to sport; moreover, an aspect of their interaction will relate to change during crises. 6) March 30 (2:00 – 3:15); “How Crises Can Help Develop a Growth Mindset"; Maxim Sytch, Ross School of Business- University of Michigan, with Warde Manuel, Athletic Director, University of Michigan. While crises present a variety of challenges, they also create opportunities for leaders to develop an organizational growth mindset. In this seminar Maxim Sytch will discuss how a crisis can be leveraged to develop a growth mindset, wherein employees grow as a team. Warde Manuel, who has led Michigan Athletics through the current crises will discuss the relevance of a growth mindset to his leadership approach.

Sport Leadership During & Emerging from Crises; Series-II* 10:00- 11:15 AM EST 1) May 25; How effective is a “Playbook for Dealing with Crises in reality? - Dr. Mike Barger, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan with Susan Williamson, Sr. VP. Business Operations, Philadelphia 76ers and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment. SODI has presented approaches for addressing the challenges posed by crises including Mike’s “Understanding the Stages of Crises: A Necessary Precursor to Successful Emergence.” Mike and Susan will discuss how his approach lines up with that employed by the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils. 2) June 1; Crises present personal and societal challenges which result in typical sport objectives (e.g., winning games, selling tickets) appearing to be unimportant; how does one motivate in such circumstances? - Lyndon Garrett, Carroll School of Management, Boston College with Lucinda McRoberts, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel, USA Swimming

Lyndon will discuss his research addressing how team “higher purpose” can lead to motivation in spite of the personal/societal challenges with Lucinda who works in a context wherein personal/team motivation is a requirement.

3) June 8; Successful sport leaders adapt to changes in their environment--some brought on by crises, others exacerbated by them. What can we learn from sport leaders who have successfully adapted to dramatic changes? - Sim Sitkin, Faculty Director of the Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University with RC Buford, CEO, Spurs Sports & Entertainment. In this session, Sim Sitkin, will interact with RC Buford on how he worked with the Spurs and the outside community on important crisis-related issues. Some specifics to be addressed: handling race issues as an organization, handling crises as a team and not only as individuals (i.e., having many voices, not just that of the CEO), sport and corporate activism in a politically fraught time. 4) June 16; How the Super Bowl Champions dealt with crises. - Robert Quinn, Center for Positive Organizations at Ross School of Business- University of Michigan; with John Spytek, Director of Player Personnel, Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While it might be assumed that the Buccaneers success can be attributed to their acquiring a Hall of Fame as well as to other very important personnel acquisitions—that, of course, is overly simplistic. Despite its personnel moves—TB, as is the case with all teams over the past year, had to address challenges brought on by crises. Robert and John will address this from the perspective of what we can all learn from the Buccaneers experience. 5) June 22; How to support athletes coping with extreme disappointment, e.g., cancelation of the Olympics; a team unable to participate in NCAA playoffs due to Covid on campus. - Kim Cameron, Center for Positive Organizations at Ross School of Business, University of Michigan with the following panelists: Emily Klueh, US Olympic and Paralympic Mental Health Officer; Dr. Richard Dopp, University of Michigan Medicine; Psychiatry Department; Chris Borland/Chad McGehee; Meditation Training, University of Wisconsin Athletic Department; Sean Bormet, Olympic Wrestling Coach; Myles Amine, Olympic Wrestler. Providers of support to athletes (Kleuh, Borland, McGehee) will describe interventions in such cases; an expert on such initiatives (Dopp) will provide commentary; while the recipient of such interventions (Amine) and his coach (Bormet) will describe their experiences with such initiatives. 6) June 29; The essential challenge of the sport leader is to “lift the notes off the page”; i.e., it is implementation. We have been exposed to many best practices in the 11 previous SODI seminar sessions. How can such practices be successfully adopted and implemented?--Kathy Babiak, Sport Management, University of Michigan; Joel Brockner, Columbia Business School; Richard Wolfe, SODI; with Oliver Luck, Commissioner XFL (2018-2020); Executive VP, NCAA (2014–2018); AD, (2010 –2014) and Bobby Scales, Director of Player Development, Pittsburgh Pirates.

* Due to scheduling uncertainty (e.g., NBA Playoffs; Olympic Trials), some slight changes to the above might be necessary.