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Left Wide Open

Left Wide Open

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Left Wide Open is a leadership and sports podcast about the moments leaders miss—and the decisions that change everything.

In every game, every season, and every career, there are moments left wide open. Missed coverages. Unseen opportunities. Leadership blind spots. Decisions that swing championships, careers, and organizations.

This podcast explores elite coaching, leadership through sports, and the hidden moments behind victory and failure. Each episode studies legendary coaches, championship teams, and pivotal leadership decisions from across football, basketball, baseball, soccer, hockey, and beyond, blending sports history, biography, and leadership analysis to uncover what leaders saw, missed, or exploited.

You’ll learn:

  • How great coaches identified opportunities others missed
  • How blind spots cost teams championships and leaders careers
  • How preparation creates clarity under pressure
  • How systems expose or protect weaknesses
  • How leaders adapted when plans broke down
  • How psychology shaped split-second decisions
  • How great leadership is often revealed in mistakes

This isn’t a highlight show or a motivational podcast. It’s a story-driven guide to leadership under pressure, coaching strategy, decision-making, and understanding how the best leaders in history learned to recognize what others left wide open.

If you’re interested in leadership, sports leadership, coaching philosophy, strategy, team culture, organizational leadership, performance psychology, and learning how elite leaders spot opportunity in chaos — this podcast is for you.

Left Wide Open Because the biggest moments are rarely the ones you planned for.

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American Football Ökonomie
  • New Coke: A Lesson in Metrics vs. Emotion
    Feb 23 2026

    In this episode, we explore the ill-fated launch of New Coke in 1985, a story of how an obsession with data led Coca-Cola to alienate its loyal customer base. We uncover how the company's focus on taste test metrics ignored the deep emotional connection consumers had with the original product, resulting in one of the biggest marketing blunders in history.

    Chapters

    00:00 New Coke: The Backstory

    03:02 Data vs. Customer Loyalty

    05:31 The New Coke Debacle

    11:58 Lessons Learned

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    11 Min.
  • From a Gas Station to a Dynasty: The Making of Nick Saban
    Jan 25 2026

    How early lessons in work, standards, and accountability shaped the most disciplined coach in modern college football.

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    16 Min.
  • Frobisher's Fool's Gold Fiasco
    Feb 22 2026

    In this episode, we explore the incredible true story of Martin Frobisher's expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage and gold for the English crown. We learn how faulty leadership and a desperate desire for wealth led to three massive expeditions that mined 1,100 tons of worthless rock.

    Chapters

    00:00 The Quest for Riches

    02:02 A Miraculous Black Rock

    04:52 Nature Needs Encouragement

    08:55 The Largest Arctic Expedition

    12:00 The Aftermath and Lessons

    17:38 Avoiding Sunk Cost

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    12 Min.
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