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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. Why you want to change.

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

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. Here are three ways Catmull and his leadership team create a culture that consistently makes great films. Pixar’s purpose is to “make great films.” Care about people first.

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Pixar’s Competitive Advantage? A Connection Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

He has rejected the traditional Hollywood star system and its often toxic work environment and replaced it with an environment that emphasizes community and long-term relationships. I believe the element that sets Pixar’s environment apart from others is its Connection Culture that makes everyone feel included and part of the team.

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Picasso and Project Management

Strategy Driven

Films, books, etc. This just means that if they love films, they may still read a book. Or even a simple enhancement, like a book’s re-release with extra chapters or a film’s Director’s cut. Creating a Director’s cut is much easier than creating the original film from scratch for example. all have their impact on society.

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How A Sense Of Community Can Help Us Achieve Greatness

Tanveer Naseer

As long-time readers of my writings on leadership know, this is something that’s been an underlying theme in many of my insights into how we can be a better leader to those we serve – where we ensure that we’re creating an environment where our employees understand the value of their contributions and why we collectively do what we do.

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Are You Recognizing Your People’s Best Ideas?

Great Leadership By Dan

Kodak invented the digital camera and never marketed it because executives saw it as a lower quality competitor to film. Sometimes we can do this but most of the time, and especially in uncertain environments like business, we have a hard time separating the two and so we default to favoring the practical. He is also founder of LDRLB.

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Did We Succeed This Year In Putting Our Employees First?

Tanveer Naseer

With the year now coming to an end, I thought I’d circle back to this question, and look at what I saw and experienced through my work with various executives, managers, and others in leadership positions to see if we did in fact address this concern facing so many of today’s organizations.

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