MindUP – Enhancement Psychology: Integrated Mental Training in motorsport focused on performance and driven by data for the enhancement of individual skills
MindUP – Enhancement Psychology is a mental training project developed and promoted by Synergy Pathways, member of Rpm Motorsport Network. We collect biometric data while the performance is in progress in order to develop an evaluation of the driver to identify the improvement areas to be optimized and the critical areas to be strengthen. The improvement program provides a personalized approach for the driver in order to enhance, maintain over time en constantly improve performance; at the same time we pay particular attention to preserving the psychophysical well-being of the athlete.
We recently implemented our Enhancement Psychology program for gentlemen drivers. We integrated the MindUP protocol with the advanced and innovative biometric and telemetry data detection software developed and provided by another member of RPM: Redway Technologies & Communication in their professional simulation center in Padua as shown in the pictures.
It was a day of intense and fun training that led all participants to concretely identify and begin to act on the fundamental factors for improving their performance: the Basic Functioning of the athlete personality.
This is an example of unique innovative projects that can be developed by the integration of unique competencies and experiences present in RPM Motorsport Network.
Conference. E-Valley: the transition to electric in the land of motors
Invited by Reinova we have participated to a conference held in Rimini (Italy) relevant to the current work-in-progress within the traditional Italian Motor Valley, deeply rooted land of motors, towards a new sustainable mobility.
It has been enlightening to realize in how many ways institutions, companies, universities and professionals are cooperating in order to channel the traditional creativity and competencies towards the new era characterized by change, challenges and opportunities shaping a sustainable economic and social growth driven by synergies.
Quite timely and intriguing a book (in Italian) written and presented by Massimo Degli Espositi by the title “E-Valley: volti e storie della terra dei motori” (E-Valley: portraits and narratives from the land of motors) featuring several companies case studies pointing out the dynamics and innovation originating from a land traditionally rich in creativity and competencies to technical challenges.
As Synergy Pathways we are proud to contribute to the fulfilling the potential of these rising opportunities in many ways: focusing on generating and facilitating synergies among companies, institutions and universities at the national and international level, facilitating and promoting RPM Motorsport network business development activities and ensuring innovative ways that enable the full consistent expression of talent through our program MindUp- Enhancement Psychology.
MindUP at the Historic Minardi Day 2021
Riccardo was present at the Minardi Day 2021 edition. The MindUP method was born in the world of motorsport: Lorenzo Baldassarri (MindUP co-founder with Riccardo) developed the protocol by working with one of the current most highly rated drivers in Formula 1 during his formative karting years.The motorsport roots give substance and practicality to the MindUP method: data driven, performance focused.

MindUP in search of young karting talents
The Essence and Benefits of MindUP Introduced in an Interview with “Talk!” by Toscana Economy
What is MindUp?
Who is it for?
Why?
What are the benefits it generates?
The answers to these questions in this interview (see this link, interview in Italian) with the co-founders of MindUp, Enhancement Psychology: Lorenzo Baldassarri and Riccardo Paterni
INDIA: growth opportunities for Italian SMEs
Today Riccardo has participated to this conference with a presentation focusing on an overall overview of the Indian market opportunities for Italian SMEs. The conference has been broadcasted live in streaming and it is available at this link.
The presentation contents are available at this link and focus on the following topics:
Part 1: Why India: an overall view
Part 2: Some key sectors to focus on for SMEs
Part 3: Advantages of doing business in India
Part 4: Challenges of doing business in India
Part 5: The Italian and Indian cultural synergy
Part 6: Taking care of the crucial ‘last mile’ factor
We thank the organisers, the Camera di Commercio Italo Orientale and the conference introduction of Puglia Region Internationalization Area along with the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Italy.
We also thank our colleague Daniele Ferretti from Ferretti Firm for integrating our presentation through a specific focus on forms of Direct Investment in India for Business Development.
We look forward to providing concrete support to SMEs from the Puglia region and from all over Italy. Together we can identify opportunities for growth in India and ensure an effective operational and strategic management of the crucial ‘last mile’ that represents the factor in turning opportunity in lasting mid to long term growth.
Dr. Tim Angus and Riccardo Paterni on their activity in Synergy Pathways relevant to Motorsport and Motorsport Technology Transfer Business Development
Tim and Riccardo in this brief video conversation talk about the roots and developments of their common professional path in Synergy Pathways on the topic of business development in Motorsport and Motorsport Technology Transfer during the last five years.
All events and related publications are available at the following links:
2019- RPM Network is launched in Rome
2021- Motorsport Next – Industry Innovation and Technology Transfer Global Forum becomes reality
Additional references:
2007- Book: MOTORSPORT GOING GLOBAL
2013- Book INNOVAZIONE A TUTTO GAS! (Full throttle Innovation)
2021- Academic article: Motorsport Valley revisited: cluster evolution, strategic cluster coupling and resilience
Riccardo Paterni at the directing board of MotorsportNext event pre-production
Interesting experience while working on the pre-production of MotorsportNext Innovation and Technology Transfer Global Forum that will go in streaming on June30th.
A learning experience while being at the directing board (representing RPM network) and working with a focused group of professionals from Autopromotec, Federica Masolin (Sky F1 Italy) and Tim Angus (Synergy Pathways associate).
It will be a forum featuring unique contents that markedly highlight, through applied case studies, the relevance of Motorsport industry’s engineering, organisation and mindset to develop innovation also for many other fields: aviation, aerospace, marine, biomedical, micromobility.
A cannot miss! Stay tuned ….
Riccardo Paterni becomes Fligby Certified Facilitator
FLIGBY® (abbr. for “FLOW is Good Business for You™”) is the ultimate award-winning online Leadership Development Simulation.
This is the official Flow-program for decision-makers by Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and ALEAS Simulations. FLIGBY’s leadership development program combines video-game learning experience with benchmark-based competence assessment.
FLIGBY makes you prove your worth as a leader. In the Game, you become the General Manager (GM) of a fine Californian Vineyard. Your goal is to make “Turul Winery” a high-performing business and a great place to work. With FLIGBY we want to show decision-makers how to foster Flow and use its psychic energy to enhance the happiness of their employees, customers, stakeholders and even themselves.
Riccardo has been certified through a program developed by CAPOLEADER the organisation that has introduced and manages FLIGBY projects in Italy.















