Football Manager

This is a 46 minute video (click here) about the game Football Manager ... a full scale simulation of running a Football/Soccer team.

Have you ever been absolutely stunned by something? I'll assume you answered yes. I am stunned.

What we really, really, really need is a version of this called "Chief Marketing Officer". I'm half-heartedly thinking of doing it.

I'd adore a simulation where you are sitting in your physical office and you are told that the paper rep somehow snuck into the building and is sitting in the lobby, asking for just fifteen minutes of your time to discuss 100# cover stock options for 2026. Five minutes later he somehow escapes terminal velocity and interrupts your weekly staff meeting with a binder that says #printisback on it.

Wouldn't you want to get through a simulation where the Chief Financial Officer mistakenly includes you on a group thread where he says that you "have no clue" what is going on?

Shouldn't everybody have to deal with a merchant who thinks you are, and I quote, "sending emails to the wrong people" and that is why her handbag isn't selling?

You wake up at 4:30am and the CEO texts you that she wants to see you in her office at 7:00am ... what kind of excuse do you come up with to avoid that situation, and then how do you deal with the consequences of your actions?

I mean, if you want to truly vet whether a person is qualified to be your next CEO, wouldn't putting the candidate through a simulation ... watching to see how s/he handles the crazy situations that come up every day ... wouldn't that alone make production of the simulation worth it?

Thoughts? (kevinh@minethatdata.com)