The term ‘aggregation of marginal gains’ refers to a concept often associated with Sir Dave Brailsford, a British cycling coach and farmer performance director of British Cycling. He popularised the idea of making small, incremental improvements across multiple aspects of performance, which, when combined, can lead to significant overall improvements.
The core idea is that instead of focusing on making one big change or improvement, you break down the overall goal into smaller components and seek to make small, incremental improvements in each of those components.
These improvements, or marginal gains, can come from a variety of sources: technology, training methods, mental conditioning, nutrition, equipment optimisation, sleep quality and more.
For example, among others, British Cycling, under Brailsford, hired a surgeon to teach individuals on the professional cycling team the…
