FOOTBALL, COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

FOOTBALL, COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

Director: Jean-Christophe Ribot

Category: Human Interest / Popular Science

Production: Thomas Schmitt: Mosaïque Films, Pois Chiche Films / France 2006

Language:  French

Subtitles: English

Length: 52 minutes

In order to understand how collective intelligence develops in a team, we take a close look at the work and thoughts of Christian Gourcuff, a French Football (soccer) coach, who is using interesting ideas to create its strategy. This pragmatic approach is illuminated by the scientific concepts of Systems Theory. The film offers a new way of thinking about football as the organization of a complex system, by observing how a team develops a strategy over the course of training sessions and matches, and how the individuals on the team form a collective intelligence.

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Festivals & Awards:

  • Winner: Prix Audace : PariScience International Science Film Festival, France 2006
  • ''Science and Society'': The Basel Karlsruhe Forum Contest, Switzerland 2007
  • International Popular Scientific & Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic 2007
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