What is talent and how can you improve it? That was the starting-point for Ben Lyttleton’s fascinating journey around Europe’s biggest football clubs to find out ways we can all develop a personal and professional edge.

On Thursday 14 September at the IoD, Ben will host a Breakfast Time Books event based around his latest title Edge, explaining how to:

• Improve your resilience, based on learnings from the head of sports science and psychology at Chelsea.
• Allow creativity to flourish, from the Liverpool academy chief behind the rise of Ben Woodburn and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
• Find new measures of success from former Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel.
• Use diversity to improve results from the French club owner who appointed a female coach
• Communicate effectively and listen smartly from France coach Didier Deschamps 
• Get comfortable with being uncomfortable from the Swedish Cup winners who performed Swan Lake before taking on Europe
• Challenge your unconscious bias from the goalkeeper coach who will make you think differently
• Find a social purpose from the sporting director of Athletic Club de Bilbao, a club that refuses to buy in talent.

To experience Ben’s advice and learnings first hand, as well as pick up a copy of his brand new title Edge, you can book your ticket here.