No time now to write a long post but I simply had to blog about this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gravesend_and_northfleet/7089473.stm
Basically via the site My Football Club 20,000 fans now own and have a large say in running Ebbsfleet United. A large say that will even extend as far as team selection.
Genius or lunacy? Well only time will tell but I'd err on the side of genius at this stage.
If you want to read more about how mass collaboration via the Internet is changing the world this is a fantastic book / site - http://www.wikinomics.com/
Yes an amazing idea. Carve Consulting became a shareholder the other day. Could be really, really interesting how this pans out, and how big it gets..
At the moment Carve is leading fellow shareholders in the charge for the Ebbsfleet to tempt le Tissier out of retirement...
Posted by: Paul Harrison, Carve Consulting | 13/11/2007 at 08:23 PM
so paul you are going for the man united strategy - get a really ugly team.
it is a very interesting idea - but i was sitting at man united match last week
- everyone complained about the best player on the pitch who worked harder than everyone else (people think they know about football but really don't have a clue)
- also group think could set in - so many people but a lack of vision and strong decisions are not made
actually can we change the blog to one about football - it is a lot more interesting to talk about
Posted by: John Whitehurst | 14/11/2007 at 02:16 PM
yeah its a real life example of whether there is in fact "wisdom in crowds".. I suspect not ;p
Posted by: Paul Harrison, Carve Consulting | 19/11/2007 at 04:37 PM