This episode is about the US ice hockey team winning against the mighty Soviet Union in the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York in 1980. The match was called ‘The Miracle on Ice’, because a young inexperienced US team managed to win against the 5-times Winter Olympics gold winners.

From a business perspective I discuss that past successes do not guarantee future wins. Sometimes, the new kid on the block wins. The new kid doesn’t care – perhaps he doesn’t even know - about all the incumbent’s past successes. He just wants to play. To enjoy the game. And to do his best.

You can come a long way with willpower and excitement. As an experienced business executive never forget your roots, and that once you were the new kid yourself. And how your attitude back then helped you excel.