Piggy backing on my <a href="/article/07/12/10/50FE-crowdsourcing_1.html" target="new">mob wisdom feature article</a> from about a week or so ago, I see that Hardvard Business has gotten into predictive markets...almost...on their <a href="http://conversationstarter.hbsp.com/2007/12/what_will_be_the_biggest_manag.html?cm_mmc=npv-_-hbopostcard-_-Dec2007-_-2008MgmtChallenges" target="new">C Piggy backing on my mob wisdom feature article from about a week or so ago, I see that Hardvard Business has gotten into predictive markets…almost…on their Conversation Starter page.They say that they’re going to be launching a predictive market in 2008, and they solicit feedback about this question: What Will Be the Biggest Management Challenges in 2008?Right idea, poor execution. 1. Give all the details. Will the predictive market beopen to the public or just internal. By their description on the page, it sounds as if they just want the public’s feedback to compile with their own, internal predictions. But, who knows? They don’t make this clear.2. Get with the program! That is, a predictive markets software program. Granted, this was a bit of an ad hoc effort, but this IS Harvard Business. Why not take the time to set up a relationship with a compy like Predictify or Inkling Markets and just go for it! This half step makes Harvard look half-baked. 3. They received well over 50 responses to their question and because all the feedback came in the form of blog-type comments, they’re going to have to manually input all the ideas into a database or give up the hope of ever being able to slice and dice the feedback/predictions. What a waste of time and resources!C’mon Harvard! Technology Industry