Leadership Beyond the Algorithm | A High Performance in Business Event

Hosted by Triathlon New Zealand and BREWYD

Location: He Puna Manawa, Tauranga Library & Community Hub, 95 Willow Street, Tauranga

Date: Friday 20 November 2026

Timings: Registration from 5.45 pm, welcome at 6.15 pm, finishing 8.15 pm
Registration: Free

Overview

What separates elite performers from the rest, whether racing at the top of triathlon or leading a business, isn't talent alone. It's the mindset, systems and behaviours that hold up under pressure.

This November, the world's best triathletes arrive in Mount Maunganui for the first ever World Triathlon Cup Tauranga. It's the start of a three-year run that brings the World Triathlon Championship Series to Tauranga in 2027 and the World Championship Finals in 2028. Two days before race day, Triathlon New Zealand and BREWYD are bringing the business community into that story.

This evening is built around one question: what can leaders learn from people who perform at the very top of their sport? Drawing on sports science, neuroscience and behavioural analytics, we'll look at how world-class athletes and world-class organisations build performance that lasts, and how the same principles apply to leadership, culture and results.

The evening is held at He Puna Manawa, Tauranga's new library and community hub and the first building in the Te Manawataki o Te Papa civic precinct. It's one of the first events held in the building.

Who it's for

Business owners, founders, executives, directors and senior leaders from Tauranga and across New Zealand, along with people from sport who want to see how elite principles work in business.

What you'll take away

• How sport systems outperform traditional management theory
• How elite athletes prepare, decide and recover under pressure
• How to translate podium performance into business results
• How technology and AI are changing high performance
• Conversations with the athletes and leaders in the room

Agenda



5.45 pm: Registration, Drinks and Canapes

Arrive, settle in, and meet fellow business leaders.

6.15 pm: Welcome

Guests welcomed by Pete de Wet, CEO of Triathlon New Zealand.

6.30 pm: Opening Keynote

"Maximising Human Potential: Leadership Beyond the Algorithm", Warren Anderson, Human Performance Systems Expert

• The BREWYD Human Stack™: the science of sustained high performance
• Why sport systems outperform traditional management theory
• Translating podium performance into business results
• How behavioural science drives transformation

7.30 pm: Panel Interview

"From Podium to Boardroom: What Elite Performance Teaches Business", featuring a panel including triathlete Eva Goodisson and Reuben Tucker, Managing Director, Westpac Institutional & Business Banking and Tri NZ Chair. (Two more panelists to be announced in due course).

• How elite athletes and business leaders prepare, decide and recover under pressure
• The mindset, discipline and resilience needed to execute when it counts
• How technology and AI are changing high performance in sport and business
• Audience Q&A.

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8.15 pm: Networking and Close

Informal networking with the speakers and fellow guests.