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Great Leaders Attract Great Talent

Great Leadership By Dan

Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment. They master challenges with a characteristic approach, and echo the habits of renowned innovators and entrepreneurs. The author of ten books, five of his works have been optioned for films.

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The Innovation Mindset in Action: Jerry Buss

Harvard Business Review

Innovators think and do things differently in order to achieve extraordinary success. Our research indicates that whether they are CEOs, senior executives, sports team owners, or film directors, game changers who stand head and shoulders above the rest share a common set of qualities that we call the innovation mindset.

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Celebrating George Washington Carver - Renaissance Man

Building Personal Strength

One day, they showed us a film about George Washington Carver. George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943) was an innovative scientist and educator. Always in black-and-white, these movies were sometimes on health, sometimes "Francis the Talking Mule," and sometimes a documentary. I was amazed that one man could achieve so much.

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Holographic Light Field Displays

Strategy Driven

Unlike 3D films made for the cinema or stereoscopic televisions operating with glasses, such 3D displays require proprietary content combining as many as eight discrete images. There are other approaches to presenting three-dimensional images instantly. Conclusion.

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Aging Societies Should Make More of Mentorship

Harvard Business Review

The past year brought a rich array of films depicting connections between a wise, older mentor and a younger person in need of sage guidance, in ways that often defied gauzy stereotypes, from art-house movies like Lily Tomlin’s Grandma to blockbusters like Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And they’re hardly feel-good indulgences.

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Reinvent Your Company by Reassessing Its Strengths

Harvard Business Review

And the essence of Walt Disney’s original strategy remains intact today: to construct a range of businesses — from animated film to fun parks, TV, retail, cruise ships, and more — around a group of engaging, family-friendly characters. When Innovation Is Strategy. How Boards Can Innovate. How Samsung Gets Innovations to Market.

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The First Secret of Success Is Showing Up

Harvard Business Review

A classic old film comedy, Being There , stars the late Peter Sellers as dimwitted Chance the Gardener, who tended the grounds for a wealthy elderly gentleman. People pay a premium to attend live sports and entertainment that they could get free on TV or the Web.