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OBP Core Course
Building a Performance
Operating System
Operating System
Four modules. One complete system. Built for mid-career practitioners and department leads who need to move from information to aligned, defensible action.
The concept arc
Most performance departments have people, technology, and meetings. What they rarely have is a system — a coherent operating model that connects staff capability to data quality to decision discipline to integrated action. This course builds that system, one layer at a time. Each module is complete on its own. Together they form something most practitioners have never been taught: how a high-performance department actually runs.
The four modules
Module 1
Know the Room
Audit your people before you build anything. The K–B Matrix reveals where staff sit — and what that means for how you lead, deploy, and develop them.
People & capability audit →
Module 2
From Noise to Signal
Audit your technology stack. Define what you can know vs. what you can only infer. Build decision gates that hold up when pressure arrives.
Technology & decision design →
Module 3
Control the Room
Structure your meetings. The Kaigi framework gives every decision a process, an owner, and a log — so nothing is lost and nothing is repeated.
Meeting discipline →
Module 4
Information to Action
Connect everything. Encoding problems, translation gaps, decision pathways, Gray Zone ownership — this is where the system becomes operational.
Integration & application →
Audit your people
→
Audit your technology
→
Structure your meetings
→
Build the system
What you leave with
A staff capability map
Know exactly where each person sits — and how to lead from that reality.
A technology audit
Know what your data can tell you, what it can't, and when to act on it.
A meeting architecture
20-minute Kaigi, decision log, stoplight format — ready to run next week.
An operating model
Decision pathways, phase ownership, and Gray Zone protocols — connected and deployed.
Who this is for
Mid-career practitioners (5–15 yrs)
Department leads
Aspiring HPMs
S&C coaches stepping into leadership
Physios at the performance interface
Sport scientists drowning in dashboards
Most CPD gives you information.
OBP helps you run a system.
OBP is built for mid-career practitioners and department leads who are sick of two things:
- too much content that doesn’t transfer to the field
- too much data that doesn’t improve decisions, trust, or outcomes
This is applied professional development - built from 30 years in elite sport - designed to help you make better calls under pressure and lead stronger performance environments.
Get Early Access
If you want to be notified when courses open - and receive a free copy of Rethinking Athlete Monitoring.
Start with the conversations
Explore ideas through the Two Coaches and a Coffee, where we talk openly about the realities of high-performance sport, leadership, and decision-making.
