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How Leaders Can Embrace New Technology in Filmmaking

CEO Insider

Filmmakers, whether they’re directing a commercial or a three-hour cinematic epic, rely on proven technology. This is because, when movie production costs upwards of $20,000 per hour (when accounting for everyone on set), sticking to established technology is the safe way to get the job done.

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios, describes what he’s learned about leadership and corporate culture in his excellent new book, Creativity, Inc.: Pixar has been phenomenally successful with the likes of Toy Story , The Incredibles , Finding Nemo, and Up, to name but a few of its films.

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Slow Decline of Eastman Kodak due to an Inability to Reinvent

Coaching Tip

The film giant gave us the "Kodak Moment," which persists as the quintessential photographic experience even though in today''s digital camera age "selfies" on smartphones are a major factor. Creative changes in customers'' taste, technologies and global economic circumstance continue to destroy the Kodaks of this world.

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Creating A Diverse And Inclusive Work Environment

The Horizons Tracker

The film Hidden Figures presents the jarring juxtaposition between a society making the kind of technological leaps required to put a man into space at the same time as continuing to racially segregate society and diminish the role women played in such endeavors. Lackluster change.

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Innovation at Bell Labs

Leading Blog

Bill Gates once remarked, “ My first stop on any time-travel expedition would be Bell Labs in December 1947 ,” That was the year Bell Labs invented the transistor—a tiny invention that makes possible the technology we have today. For creativity to flourish, it needs both freedom and structure. It is a well told and fascinating story.

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How to Build a Team of Innovators

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. Most organizations reward employees for their ability to manage. The problem?

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Want To Be The Best? Study Pixar. | Rich Gee Group

Rich Gee Group

Most of their films take three years to make. They look at the whole movie – not just the story, or the characters, or the voices, or the technology – they make it all work. Use Pixar as an exemplar to how you manage your people, strategize new initiatives, and grow your business. They’ve never missed.

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