This past week, I (Alex) had the privilege of speaking to leaders in elite Canadian sport about "what's next" in the world of sport. The task was to answer the question: how does sport get better?

Here are the 3 ideas I presented:

#1: We'll begin to see wellness as a foundation of performance.

Historically, sport has tried to cast mental health aside and focus almost exclusively on peak performance. As a result, athletes who struggled with their mental health were reluctant to seek support, and their performance suffered. The emphasis on heroic individualism superseded the need for support, with the end result being poorer performance.

In the decade to come, I think we'll see this paradigm flip.