Sports comparisons, analogies, and metaphors are often used to symbolize the ins-and-outs of business - e.g. the home run, the slam dunk, the batting average, home-field advantage, winning percentage etc. For many, sports is the ultimate representation of the real world, in particular for the world of commerce.
Although themes from sports do often work for representing reality, one fundamental concept is treated very differently in business - the concept of failure. An basketball player that misses 60% of his three-pointers is considered a resounding success. A baseball player who doesn't hit the ball 70% of the time is considered to be pretty good.
A management consultant or marketer who experiences such failure would be considered...a failure. So let's not get carried away with with using sports as the ultimate symbol, because if we did, we'd be living in a much more mediocre world.
- Vladimir Vukicevic
- Vladimir Vukicevic builds world-changing companies and products. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Meural, streaming art and photography to your wall via a connected canvas. He is the Co-Founder (and former CTO) of RocketHub, the world's crowdfunding machine - acquired by EFactor Group Corp. in April, 2015 for $15 Million. Vlad is an inventor and do-tank leader.