Week 10: Sharing and Presenting Information 2

Hi Keith and SCP13,

This weeks lecture was a follow on from the topic of Week 5.

Keith again touched on the subject of 'What do we share?'. And in it, how far could sport progress if everyone shared their knowledge and expertise?
Is there that much to be gained by withholding the information to maintain a competitive edge?
A few years back in the NFL, the New England Patriots were accused of filming the signal calling of the New York Jets. A link to a story on it is here

Bill Belichick will move on from 'Spygate'

In the grand scheme of things how bad is it to know the signals of the opposing side? At the top level, with the amount of people employed to work on that very thing, the chances of a team getting the play right without knowing the signals is pretty high. Having prior knowledge of the plays would still require the team to perform the correct play to succeed.

The next subject was that of personal presentation, in appearance and speech. How does one wish to appear when presenting and what style will they present in? Appearances of coaches across all sports varies considerably, from the suits of Sir Alex Ferguson to the cut off hoodie of Bill Belichick, the appearance is the first outward projection that people see and judge. Secondly is speech, to the media and public and also to the team, are they are a yeller or are they are a motivator? Many styles are there and each coach will select their own according to their own situation.

The topic of The Voice came up as well, and how the coaches choose who they wish to mentor. The press their buttons and turn around to interact with a person who they chose purely on their 'Voice'. Keith is enthralled and can't get enough of it!
I haven't really got into it, but I'm sure if I started I'd be hooked too...

Enough on this topic, I'll have a look at Keith's presentation on Managing Data, and go from there.

Thanks for stopping by, stay classy.

Kieran