“My staff is, by far, way more educated, smarter than me. They all have these niches that they’re really good at,” says Brandon McDaniel.

“When I need to be able to understand something, when I need to be able to communicate something, when I need to be able to have that conversation with our front office or coaching staff, whoever that might be, they’re the ones that I’m going to in order to get that information.”

McDaniel is the Vice President of Player Performance at the LA Dodgers and the first guest on the People Behind the Tech Podcast, a new collaboration between SBJ Tech and the Leaders Performance Institute.

During the course of the episode, he also talks to SBJ’s Joe Lemire and Leaders’ John Portch about topics, including:

• The tech he uses in his own life [1:00];
• How he seeks to test, trial and implement tech in a team environment [10:00];
• Exploiting ‘windows of opportunity’ in athlete monitoring [16:00];
• How analytics departments can play a role in scouting and development [29:00].

Joe Lemire Twitter | LinkedIn

John Portch Twitter | LinkedIn

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