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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.

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Fujifilm Succeeded Where Kodak Failed

Coaching Tip

Eastman Kodak was head and shoulders above all the others in the manufacture of photographic film when Fujifilm wasn't in 1963. just as worldwide film sales almost immediately began to fall. At the turn of the century, photographic film products made up 60% of Fujifilm's sales and up to 70% of its profit. What happened?

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Remembering a Leader in Green Energy

Coaching Tip

Stanford Ovshinsky 1922-2012. Mr. Ovshinsky used the same basic insight decades later to produce flexible photovoltaic materials, printing them on film on a machine the length of a football field. and General Motors for which he developed the battery that powered the EV1, GM's electric car. photovoltaic industry.

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Need, Speed, and Greed: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Vaitheeswaran Harper Business/An Imprint of HarperCollins (2012) A brilliant examination of “the new paradigm for sustainable economic development in the twenty-first century” How innovation happens is rapidly changing. The [.].

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What Cross-Functional Teams Might Need to Really Succeed

The Office Blend Blog

Cross-functional teaming arose from a vital need to deal with quickly developing challenges and opportunities in the external environment. Examples such as the “ Hollywood Model ” — which allows the film industry the flexibility to come together, disband and re-convene for different projects.

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Olympic Spirit, Human Spirit, and Extraordinary Leadership

The Practical Leader

Just over a decade later Redford established the Sundance Film Festival. Mark your calendars now for September 20 when Jack Zenger and I will be delivering an inaugural webcast on ZF’s “Extraordinary Strength-Based Leadership Development System.” What a powerful combination!

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Olympic Spirit, Human Spirit, and Extraordinary Leadership

The Practical Leader

Just over a decade later Redford established the Sundance Film Festival. Mark your calendars now for September 20 when Jack Zenger and I will be delivering an inaugural webcast on ZF’s “Extraordinary Strength-Based Leadership Development System.” What a powerful combination!

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