Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Leading a Brainstorming Session with a Cross-Cultural Team. You can see this at work at Pixar, which was originally a technology company that began shooting short films to demonstrate the capabilities of its original product, animation software. So the first step to being creative is to become an expert in a particular area.

Creativity 14

Creativity Team Film Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

During Tootsie, walking in the shoes of a woman had such a profound impact on Dustin Hoffman that, 30 years later, recalling his decision to make the film brought tears to his eyes in an interview with the American Film Institute. Once you’ve started to develop empathy as a skill, you can make it integral to the work you do.

Film 8

Film Bureaucracy Influence Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Collaborative activity is the "secret sauce" that enables teams to come up with innovative new products or creative, buzz-worthy marketing campaigns. Many managers have been fearful of using social media beyond marketing purposes. Many skills are difficult to train and develop. — can play a huge role in doing so.

Team 9

Team Succession Hypercompetition Teamwork 9

Ask Atma

MAY 3, 2011

The second discipline is designing and developing within those constraints. Apply the discipline of learning to design backwards from an honest understanding of available resources to software development, product development, media creation, event planning and many other types of productions.

Creativity 56

Creativity Brainstorming Constraint Learning-by-Doing 56

Steve Farber

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

It’s up to them to do the film study, put in the reps at practice, spend the time in the weight room, eat and drink the right things, and put themselves in the best position possible to make plays that will determine the outcome of the game. Then I invited them to San Diego to brainstorm with me for a few days.

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Film Brainstorming Skills Training 58

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Four years ago, Craig Hatkoff, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, approached me about a brainstorm: an event recognizing and celebrating breakthrough innovators. Today, she’s the Head of Stakeholder Engagement for their in-development Dengue Fever vaccine — one of Sanofi’s largest business initiatives.

Innovation 11

Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

To survive and thrive with the conflicting demands of performance excellence and constrained resources, SFO has developed a highly structured organization. The group brainstormed around this idea, and began to conceive a dramatic new prototype that would enable them to attract a new, younger audience.

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Audience Brainstorming Project Class 8