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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. I believe the answer is yes. I also believe companies didn’t learn much from Kodak’s example.

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The Status of Women in Media Is Not Good

Women on Business

media in 2012 isn’t good. Media 2012.” Just 18% of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working at the top 250 domestic grossing films in 2011 were women. The status of women in U.S. In fact, it’s extremely disappointing. ” The report authors, Robin H.

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*Leadership and the Value of Exploring Beyond Your Door

You're Not the Boss of Me

As well, for those who prefer visual learning, there are a great many excellent films that serve to open eyes and provoke thought. All these provide much insight into human nature, trends and patterns of behaviour. Originally published in December 2012. That’s what I think anyway. What do you think?

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What Is the Business of Health Care?

Harvard Business Review

On January 19, 2012, after 131 years of operation, the Eastman Kodak Company filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. No doubt some people were surprised by this filing, because they grew up at a time when bright yellow boxes of film accompanied every family vacation and celebration. bankruptcy court.

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The Humans Working Behind the AI Curtain

Harvard Business Review

Facebook created a PR firestorm last summer when reporters discovered a human “editorial team” – rather than just unbiased algorithms – selecting stories for its trending topics section. This blend of AI and humans, who follow through when the AI falls short, isn’t going away anytime soon.

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Many Companies Still Don’t Know How to Compete in the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

Since its bankruptcy in 2012, Kodak has been a poster child for innovation incompetence: After inventing the world’s first digital camera in 1975, the conventional story goes, myopic managers allowed a bloated company to let inertia drive it off a cliff. A misunderstood story. By 2005, Kodak ranked No. digital-camera sales (No.

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What We Know, Now, About the Internet’s Disruptive Power

Harvard Business Review

Napster, Amazon, and the Apple store have annihilated Tower Records and Musicland; digital cameras replaced film and then smartphones upended camera makers. But the questions of timing and scale are still the minds of Clay Christensen and Maxwell Wessell in 2012.

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