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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. With 70 percent of American workers disengaged today, Pixar and Disney Animation provide a model for engaging and energizing employees by making culture a competitive advantage.

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The Big Picture of Business- Flip Sides, Second Acts and Successful Careers

Strategy Driven

It used to be said that people have three careers in them. Bacharach started his music writing career by taking 'work for hire,' tailoring songs to particular performers. We benefit from going back and learning from our own early Body of Work, assuming that we stratregized our career to be a long-term thing, as Burt Bacharach did.

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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

Questions from salespeople: Jeffrey, As you suggest, my company is going to start filming client video testimonials. Jeffrey, I’m new to the mortgage business after a 10-year career as a professional athlete. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. It’s all about reputation.

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If You're Not Selling, Turn Off the Computer

Harvard Business Review

Two thirds of the way through the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, Bond decides the time has come to go old school. Such methods rarely sustain a lifelong career in sales. The reason is that for salespeople, what exists online is not a source of competitive advantage, any more than it is for an investor.

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The Big Picture of Business – Communications Reflect Your Strategy

Strategy Driven

The wise employee has the building of knowledge a part of their career path… sharing with others what we most recently and most effectively learn. This resurgence in photography comes after a conversion of the industry from film to digital. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.