05-12-2016, 19:57
Listening to our decent and earnest directors failing to envisage original solutions to our predicament I began to wonder if the answer might be a different way of thinking. Not surprisingly they took a decidedly male approach, looked at the clubs we visit and decided they were very much like us... so that was the way we had to go.
Typically male they seized on Scunthorpe, because they are top of our division, noted how much they had invested in the team and concluded that only outside help could put us on an equal footing. It sounds reasonable, but outside that investment Scunthorpe is not a successful club, is in a depressed area and is struggling for support despite success on the field.
In a very male way they also looked at staff sizes at the clubs they visit and concluded they were much like us ........ so we clearly needed that level of staff to be like our rivals. Sounds very male to me - measuring knobs in the shower! Comparing yourself to the mass of unsuccessful clubs in the lower divisions should, if you recognised they were unsuccessful, lead you to conclude you need to do something different. But it didn't do that for our directors and CEO, and nor would it for most men.
There have apparently been no expressions of interest in us. Therefore I suggest we make it publicly clear we would specifically welcome interest from women interested in the game (or even a gay man!!!!!) Why? To bring creative thought-patterns and organisational structures into a very male and very staid environment.
It is true women do multi-task. They envisage tasks to be completed whereas men do division of labour (that's his job, that's the other bloke's). In creative organisations in which women and gay men prosper and often run the show, individuals work across and with each other, don't worry about defining who does what and you need fewer people.
A woman might for instance ask why you would need a goalkeeping coach, when you have a vastly experienced keeper, capable of coaching younger keepers as well as playing ....... and his job satisfaction would increase as his skills improved ......
A woman would certainly look at the clubs in our league, note the financial predicaments of most and conclude that if there were lessons to be learned then they might be on show at Walsall, a club that turns a profit every season.
That's it. I think we need a woman's influence, because testosterone has got us a chairman holding onto his shares and leaving us guessing our best way forward. We need a gentler and a wiser touch.
Typically male they seized on Scunthorpe, because they are top of our division, noted how much they had invested in the team and concluded that only outside help could put us on an equal footing. It sounds reasonable, but outside that investment Scunthorpe is not a successful club, is in a depressed area and is struggling for support despite success on the field.
In a very male way they also looked at staff sizes at the clubs they visit and concluded they were much like us ........ so we clearly needed that level of staff to be like our rivals. Sounds very male to me - measuring knobs in the shower! Comparing yourself to the mass of unsuccessful clubs in the lower divisions should, if you recognised they were unsuccessful, lead you to conclude you need to do something different. But it didn't do that for our directors and CEO, and nor would it for most men.
There have apparently been no expressions of interest in us. Therefore I suggest we make it publicly clear we would specifically welcome interest from women interested in the game (or even a gay man!!!!!) Why? To bring creative thought-patterns and organisational structures into a very male and very staid environment.
It is true women do multi-task. They envisage tasks to be completed whereas men do division of labour (that's his job, that's the other bloke's). In creative organisations in which women and gay men prosper and often run the show, individuals work across and with each other, don't worry about defining who does what and you need fewer people.
A woman might for instance ask why you would need a goalkeeping coach, when you have a vastly experienced keeper, capable of coaching younger keepers as well as playing ....... and his job satisfaction would increase as his skills improved ......
A woman would certainly look at the clubs in our league, note the financial predicaments of most and conclude that if there were lessons to be learned then they might be on show at Walsall, a club that turns a profit every season.
That's it. I think we need a woman's influence, because testosterone has got us a chairman holding onto his shares and leaving us guessing our best way forward. We need a gentler and a wiser touch.
