You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

There is a certain kind of freedom associated with living out on the open water. I’m not talking about just reading business books. As well, for those who prefer visual learning, there are a great many excellent films that serve to open eyes and provoke thought. Originally published in December 2012.

Leadership 57

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

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).

Creativity 8

Creativity Franchising Succession Film 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Given that Kodak’s core business was selling film, it is not hard to see why the last few decades proved challenging. Sure, people print nostalgic books and holiday cards, but that volume pales in comparison to Kodak’s heyday. Consider Fuji Photo Film. Cameras went digital and then disappeared into cellphones.

Technology 8

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Vint Cerf, considered one of the co-creators of the Internet's architecture, wrote in a 2012 New York Times Op-Ed that "The Internet stands at a crossroads. The benefits of the open and accessible Internet are nearly incalculable and their loss would wreak significant social and economic damage.".

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Globalization Film Participative Bottom-up 12

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 1, 2014

was the joyous cry that rang out across the central quad at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the night of August 5, 2012. When it came to landing the car-sized rover on Mars in 2012, there simply was no precedent – nothing nearly that big had ever landed there. Then Pathfinder separated from the rockets and slammed into Mars.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 2, 2018

Any time a director tries to translate a New York Bestseller to film, they face an uphill battle. Fans of the book are looking for a faithful book to movie translation. Having never read Ready Player One, I don’t know how faithful the movie adaptation is to the book. Be welcoming and open.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

As I wrote in Little Bets , when his first store opened in Seattle in 1986, there was non-stop opera music, menus in Italian, and no chairs. Instead, as Pixar historian David Price shows in his excellent book The Pixar Touch , Jobs believed that Pixar was going to be the next great hardware company. billion in 2012.

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