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How Leaders Can Embrace New Technology in Filmmaking

CEO Insider

Filmmakers, whether they’re directing a commercial or a three-hour cinematic epic, rely on proven technology. This is because, when movie production costs upwards of $20,000 per hour (when accounting for everyone on set), sticking to established technology is the safe way to get the job done.

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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. Kodak's technology was also far ahead of Fujifilm's.

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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. The global crisis has made this role even more essential. The author of ten books, five of his works have been optioned for films. Diversity and complementary skill sets are key.

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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. They look at the whole movie – not just the story, or the characters, or the voices, or the technology – they make it all work. Use Pixar as an exemplar to how you manage your people, strategize new initiatives, and grow your business. They’ve never missed.

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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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How to Prepare for a Crisis You Couldn’t Possibly Predict

Harvard Business Review

With billions of dollars poised to change hands and the spotlight on, Nasdaq managers scrambled to diagnose the problem, dialing into an emergency conference call to troubleshoot. Despite the check’s warning that something was amiss, managers decided to push forward anyway. But when 11:05 arrived, nothing happened.

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business Review

“Organization,” as we’re using it here, includes all of the required capabilities, resources (including human), and management systems necessary to implement your strategy. Although they developed digital photographic technology, too many people in the company focused on the core organizational competence of film.

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