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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Army Of Darkness

Joseph Lalonde

Army Of Darkness is the third film in the Evil Dead series. He now finds himself in the time of Lord Arthur (Marcus Gilbert). A Reel Leadership Flashback Article. Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) has been transported back in time to approximately 1300 A.D. after the events of Evil Dead 2.

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Managing and Leading…Lessons from Gilbert & Sullivan

You're Not the Boss of Me

This 1999 production tells a story of Gilbert and Sullivan. Then, they discover something new, as Gilbert is reluctantly dragged, (by his long-suffering wife), to see some Japanese entertainers perform. They contemplate dissolving their partnership. It is there, that The Mikado is conceived.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Rob Bell’s The Heretic

Joseph Lalonde

Rob Bell rose to fame in West Michigan as he began preaching at Mars Hill church and started a series of short films that were spiritual reflections on life. Watching Rob Bell, Pete Holmes, Kristen Bell, Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love fame), and others share their thoughts on faith and Bell’s journey was interesting.

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9 Tips From Famous Writers On Being Successful

Joseph Lalonde

Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild which was made into a film starring Reese Witherspoon, talks about her writing trajectory. Elizabeth Gilbert, whose book Eat Pray Love experienced enormous success, also experienced a sense of confusion, loss and paralyzation in the tidal wave of her success.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

Given that Kodak’s core business was selling film, it is not hard to see why the last few decades proved challenging. The next explanation is that Kodak mismanaged its investment in digital cameras, overshooting the market by trying to match performance of traditional film rather than embrace the simplicity of digital.

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Kodak and the Brutal Difficulty of Transformation

Harvard Business Review

In the decades that followed Kodak established a dominant position in the lucrative film business, with its "you push a button, we do the rest" slogan demonstrating its commitment to making photography accessible to the masses. Of course, being a dominant film provider became increasingly irrelevant in light of recent technological shifts.

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When Rising Revenue Spells Trouble

Harvard Business Review

For example, back in early 2005, I and my colleague Clark Gilbert (now the CEO of Deseret News and Deseret Digital) ran a workshop for 100 top executives in the U.S. One of the most frequent challenges we observe in the field is that companies tend to radically underestimate the threat that disruptive change poses to their business.