This week on Slappin’ Glass, we sit down with Justin Bokmeyer, Director of Basketball Operations for the Brooklyn Nets, to explore how great teams build sustainable, high-performance environments.
With a background spanning West Point, MLS Next, and the NBA Academy, Justin shares powerful lessons on leadership, systems thinking, and developing people-first organizations that thrive under pressure.
🧠 What You’ll Learn
- People Over Hardware: Why elite performance starts with hiring, aligning, and empowering the right people.
- Systems Thinking: How to connect decisions across departments to reduce silos and improve trust.
- Onboarding and Role Clarity: The overlooked key to alignment and long-term success.
- Decision-Making Frameworks: How Justin uses pre-mortems, decision journaling, and pushing decisions to the lowest level to build accountability and clarity.
- Military Leadership Lessons: Applying principles like shared mission, healthy ego, and accountability from West Point to professional sports.
🔁 Key Quote
“High performance is a people-first business. Get the right people in the right roles, and everything else follows.”
Tune in to learn how the Brooklyn Nets’ Justin Bokmeyer blends leadership, decision science, and culture-building to create environments where teams can grow, compete, and sustain excellence.
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