Tournaments & Teams (EP.12)

[Note: This episode was recorded in late February and early March 2020 before the global spread of COVID-19, and the subsequent cancellation of the NCAA tournament.]Basketball, business, and beyond! When you work with two of the BIGGEST college basketball fans, you sit down with them in advance of the NCAA March Madness tournament to talk teams. Basketball not quite your thing? Well, we also talk cycling teams, and business "superstars," and psychology.We explore the topic of building better work teams through the lens of sport. We'll talk competition and cooperation, rivals and allies, is it really possible to give more than 100%, and a whole host of fascinating things.Laura Jorgensen currently serves as the Senior Director, Financial Operations and Analysis where she is responsible for driving Fractured Atlas’s strategic financial goals. Prior to joining Fractured Atlas she held roles ranging from the CEO of e-commerce start-up The RunnerBox to varied strategic and financial positions at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. She holds a BSBA in Economics from The University of Miami and in her spare time you can find her pedaling her bike up and down the mountains of Asheville, NC. Prior to her life on two wheels, Laura was a First Team All-State shooting guard, multi-time AAU Basketball state champion, and still remains the only woman to ever win Royal Caribbean’s hotly contested March Madness pool.