Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

Disney’s existing contract to distribute Pixar films was slated to end in 2006 and Pixar had announced two years earlier it would not renew the arrangement.). Between the three acquisitions plus its own Walt Disney Animation and Walt Disney Pictures, Disney has built a studio with five film brands.

Creativity 8

Creativity Franchising Succession Film 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

In his new book, The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World , veteran Bloomberg technology writer Brad Stone unravels the facts from the mythology surrounding the companies’ rise. It took a while for me to realize that this was a main theme of the book.

CEO 8

CEO Hotels Venture Capitalist Storytelling 8

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

Examples could come from art, comics, film, music, architecture, economics (weird black markets), music, media, etc… Creating opportunities for team members to communicate and share both creatively and intellectually improves team communications and fosters innovation. Daniel Goleman used the term in his book Ecological Intelligence.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A new book written with three coauthors attempts to answer the question of why some companies, such as Pixar, are able to invent continuously, while others aren’t. What most distinguishes innovation leadership, the book argues, is recognition that innovation is a “team sport,” not the act of a sole inventor.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

A new book written with three coauthors attempts to answer the question of why some companies, such as Pixar, are able to invent continuously, while others aren’t. What most distinguishes innovation leadership, the book argues, is recognition that innovation is a “team sport,” not the act of a sole inventor.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Ed Catmull is a co-founder and the longtime head of Pixar Animation Studios, which struggled for 10 years from its founding in 1986 until the runaway success in 1995 of its first feature film, Toy Story. With the acquisition of Pixar by Walt Disney in 2006, Catmull became president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar.

Creativity 10

Creativity Film Management Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2013

It pulled out of the cinema business in 2006 because China''s regulations prohibited foreign control of those ventures. And Beijing has done little over the years to stop the piracy that is devastating Time Warner''s film distribution business in Asia. In fact, Time Warner, like many multinationals, has had a hard go of it in China.

Magazine 8

Magazine Globalization Film Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

It''s only through history and books or films that my generation has a grasp of what life must have been like. Just recently, I had the chance to watch the German film, The Lives of Others , which won the 2007 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. And you could even see symptoms of the problem overseas.

Film 8

Film Information Technology Information Technology 8