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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Remember: Change is the only certainty, and the rookies are your only succession plan. * * *.

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How Disney Found Its Way Back to Creative Success

Harvard Business Review

In fact, Iger reportedly noticed that Pixar’s hugely popular Toy Story characters appeared in the 2005 opening parade at Hong Kong Disneyland while recent Disney animated characters—for example, Lilo & Stitch , released in 2002—were MIA (although Mickey and pals were present and accounted for, of course).

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The Secret to Alibaba’s Culture Is Jack Ma’s Apartment

Harvard Business Review

In 2002, the year Alibaba.com first became profitable, founder Jack Ma gathered a handful of employees in his office and told them there was a secret project that they had the opportunity to join. Jack Ma’s First Day Speech in Alibaba Apartment from Taluswood Films on Vimeo. “Alibaba was started in Hupan Garden.

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