Episode 52 - Kevin Li, Deputy General Manager at Wisdom Sports Group - a podcast by Mass Participation World

Today on The Aid Station we head to Beijing to meet Kevin Li, Deputy  General Manager at Wisdom Sports Group, one of the biggest organisers of  marathons in China.



Kevin  shares the challenges of having to lay off close to 40% of their staff.  "At the end of March there was a fun run with 1,000 runners in the west  of China and we thought that would be a sign for opening of events but  unfortunately not"



"Life between April and May was getting  better and we were able to go out but since last week everything  changed." The recent spike of cases in Beijing emanated from a market  near him and resulted in him having to be tested for COVID-19 late last  week.



"For business the biggest challenge of course is to keep  the company alive" Kevin also shares how important strong leadership in  the company has been. "My boss is the Chairlady of the Group. She told  us from the very beginning this is going to be a long fight and we need  to be prepared" He shares some of the initiatives that were put in place  to try something different



Watch my interview with Kevin here https://youtu.be/qOUuUwef1Ho

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