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Fujifilm Succeeded Where Kodak Failed

Coaching Tip

This is CEO Shigetaka Komari's own story of why Fujifilm succeeded where Eastman Kodak failed with hard-won lessons for managers and employees everywhere. Eastman Kodak was head and shoulders above all the others in the manufacture of photographic film when Fujifilm wasn't in 1963. The difference was not just in sales. What happened?

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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. So I have a present for you this new year — a young Brazilian filmmaker spent 11 days watching Pixar’s assorted films, painstakingly selecting the more than 500 clips that make up this touching ode to the house that Toy Story built. They’ve never missed. All the time.

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Deep questions: What diving teaches us about uncertainty and risk

Chartered Management Institute

In a hazardous world, managers can learn from the world of scuba diving: train hard, because you’ll never get rid of risk Scroll for more Shortcut to start of content Gareth Lock, founder of The Human Diver. Want to learn more about what diving can teach managers about navigating risk? Additional reporting by David Waller.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I think you’ll find that your view of the world will change dramatically when you rely upon your own observations, as opposed to what you read in a management report, or what you hear third or fourth hand in a meeting. The arrogant CEO doesn’t value the input of line and staff management.

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The Big Picture of Business – Each Role Matters. The Value of Support Staff

Strategy Driven

She was the model for executive assistants and office managers everywhere. Those vital employees in the business world might include the IT guy, the receptionist, the mailroom manager, the ethics adviser and the secretary to the Board of Directors. Steven Spielberg had John Williams as music composer for his films.

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The Big Picture of Business – Communications Reflect Your Strategy

Strategy Driven

Business development. Developing communications as a vital tool of business and life. This stymies employees’ professional development and hampers company productivity. Managers and employees with the most to lose are most fearful of change. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture. Communication.

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Managing and Leading…Lessons from Gilbert & Sullivan

You're Not the Boss of Me

The rest of the story is about how they actually created, developed and presented this now, much celebrated opera. Examine The Performance At the end of the premiere performance, Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte, the theatre manager, hold a meeting before anyone is allowed to leave. It is there, that The Mikado is conceived.

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