Sports Pundit Podcast Network Leanne Bats: Empowering Fans to Influence the Future of Sport with RugbyDAO President
Today’s episode, I’m joined by Leanne Bats. Leanne is President of The RugbyDAO and also holds the title of Head of Web3 at New Zealand Rugby, where she has been an advisor since 2019.
She has also done work for New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing and consults in the women’s sport area with READY Sport. Not to mention she has also founded the internet's coolest climate action corporation, Tres Cool.
In this discussion, we talk about her early involvement in sport and the important role that community has played throughout her playing days and into her professional career – as well as her transition into, and fascination with, Web3 and digital innovation more broadly.
Time Stamps
1:00 – Growing up Sport-Mad
5:00 – Community as a Common Thread
6:00 – Taking Inspiration from the Bored Ape Yacht Club
13:00 – Implementing Innovation, and Web3, within an Organisation
16:00 – Launching an NFT Campaign with NZ Rugby and World of Women
28:00 – Attitude Towards the Term Web3
30:00 – Online will become ‘On Chain’
38:00 – Introducing RugbyDAO
48:00 – Democratising Creativity with AI
Additional Links
New Zealand Rugby Takes First Step into the Metaverse
Pioneering the Future of Rugby with Emerging Tech
Video: How an NFT Book Can Fight Climate Change - Web3 Academy
Connect with Leanne on LinkedIn - here
Connect with Andy on LinkedIn - here