If youโre good enough, youโre old enough.
F1 teams bet on potential. Most corporates wait for proof.
What I love about Formula 1 is the intersection of ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
Most commentary focuses on the machine.
๐๏ธ The car.
โ๏ธ The technology.
๐ The aerodynamics.
Sure, the car matters.
But the ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป.
There are now 22 drivers on the grid.
Just ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐-๐๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ trusted with those seats.
During a typical 90-minute Grand Prix, drivers operate in something close to ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
โ experiencing ~๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, making their head effectively weigh ๐ฏ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ด
โ maintaining heart rates of ~๐ญ๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ
โ losing up to ๐ฑ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ during the race
โ making ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ-๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
All whilst travelling at an average speed of ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐บ/๐ต.
There are ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐๐.
No commercial breaks.
Just ๐ต๐ฌ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป-๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐.
This isnโt just athletic performance.
Itโs ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
And one of the most fascinating aspects? ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ. Average = 27.
Because F1 teams do something many organisations struggle with:
They identify potential early
โฆand develop it relentlessly.
Elite coaching.
Structured learning.
Constant feedback.
As evidence: ๐ญ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.
Which raises a question.
Why do so many organisations still discount younger talent because they havenโt yet had their โfive years of experienceโ?
For many startups, backing young talent is actually the ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐-๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.
But let me be clear.
Iโm ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต.
What I am advocating is something much more intentional:
๐ a clear method for identifying potential early
๐ a structured program for developing it over time
Because talent doesnโt just appear.
It is spotted earlyโฆ and developed deliberately.
So, who is the ๐ญ๐ต-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ผ๐น๐ฑ (๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ณ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ผ๐น๐ฑ) in your organisation that youโre overlooking?
๐๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต.
๐ฌ Where have you seen young talent outperform expectations?