Work Obsessions
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JUNE 18, 2024
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Lack of Perspective: When Determination Leads to Disaster
Tom Spencer
APRIL 22, 2022
Consider Kodak, a company famous for its photographic film products. It persisted so much with its film-based business model that it failed to appreciate the opportunities and threats of digital photography, a technology that the company itself invented in 1975.
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Creating a Cohesive Team for Corporate Transformation Projects
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Hollywood films have long been made by teams of independent contractors and employees of different production companies brought together for short-term projects. Companies have embraced this model for transformations, with data showing that 45% of the people on these projects are not regular employees.
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Project Managers, Unlock the Power of Timeboxing
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 23, 2023
From film directors and restaurant owners to lawyers and accountants, many professions involve managing projects. Modern work is inherently project-based and collaborative. We are all project managers to some extent. You’re probably already timeboxing, at least a little.
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Snowden Film "Citizen Four" Reveals How He Did It; Second Leaker Involved; Files on 1.2 Million People; Snowden Vindicated
MishTalk
OCTOBER 11, 2014
Just screened tonight was the two hour film which will be released by the Weinstein Company this month. Please consider The Guardian article Citizenfour Review – Poitras'' Victorious Film Shows Snowden Vindicated. Citizenfour must have been a maddening documentary to film.
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Why sustainability isn’t the next digital transformation
The Source
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Consultants, much like movie producers, are often guilty of trying to chase that “next big thing”.
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True/useful
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Thinking about the fact that a critic hated your last film isn’t going to help you with your next film, especially if the work wasn’t designed to please the critic in the first place. In the top left is the cynical corner of focusing on things that while true, aren’t particularly useful.
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The 7 People Every Consultant Must Have On Their Team
David A Fields
MARCH 16, 2016
Successful, independent consultants know the same thing (about consulting, not films). At a minimum they need a director of photography to run the camera, a sound person, a lighting person/gaffer (I’ve always wanted to use the word gaffer in a blog), plus a production assistant. Who are those people? My first swing at […].
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What to Ask Yourself Before a Career Pivot
Harvard Business
AUGUST 7, 2023
For example, consider Oprah Winfrey’s transitions from TV anchor to superstar talk show host to film actress, producer, and media mogul. Gone are the days of picking a job or career path and sticking to it forever. Career pivots are far more common today than they ever were. The best thing you can do is to make an informed decision.
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Job Hub: Pixar Animation Studios Jobs and Culture
Management Consulted
SEPTEMBER 4, 2016
Two of its fourteen feature films – “Finding Nemo” and “Toy Story 3” – are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, while an impressive thirteen of the fourteen are in the 50 highest-grossing animated films of all time. billion dollars. Interview Tips & Tricks.
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290: Frank Schaeffer—Why Don't We Fall In Love, Have Children, And Save The Planet, Now?
On the Brink Podcast
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
It has been one of discovering himself, what really matters, and how, from this new-found purpose, he has emerged as an author, film director, screenwriter, public speaker.and an inspiration. Frank is a true gem.
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Milk? Seriously? The Perfect Response When Things Go Sour
David A Fields
JANUARY 14, 2015
Last week, an expertly trained professional gently removed the thin film of grime and buffed some new-age, uber protective coating onto my sedan. How you handle the situation as a consultant makes all the difference. For instance, one of life’s little pleasures is a freshly detailed car.
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How Brilliant Fearless Women Are Rewriting The Script In Hollywood
Simon Associates
JANUARY 28, 2020
And once again, women have been largely (and very noticeably) snubbed by the film industry. Sidelining women in film is a recurring pattern, not a one-off. Once again, it’s awards season in Hollywood. Bigelow is the only one woman who’s ever won, and no woman of color has ever even been nominated.
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Developing a picture
Seth Godin Blog
AUGUST 11, 2021
That used to involve putting film or paper into a chemical bath. The goal of the bath was to uncover what was already on the film. You could have a small influence over what happened, but almost all the work involved setting up the shot in the first place. Developing today has a totally different meaning.
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From Consulting and Coaching to IP: How to Create, Protect, and Monetize Your Unique Body of Work with Erin Austin
Consulting Matters
MAY 25, 2023
Erin shares her journey from a big corporate law firm to working in the film business in LA and how her experiences led her to focus on helping business owners understand and capitalize on their intellectual property.
How will VR Impact the Online Casino Industry?
Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 10, 2021
VR could be used to enhance customer immersion in ways that were previously not possible or even imaginable, such as using actual film footage as part of the experience or putting players into a backdrop from the film.
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Becoming intentional about virtual meetings
Seth Godin Blog
MARCH 3, 2024
The videogame market is far bigger than the box office of Hollywood films. The people who play video games at home for hours at a time have no problem with engagement, with meaning, with distractions or with body language. That’s because a well-designed videogame solves for all these problems.
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How to Lead from the Jumpseat & Help Your People Thrive w/Peter Docker Ep#130
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Now he's a keynote speaker and consultant working with the most senior levels in oil & gas, construction, mining, pharmaceuticals, banking, television, film, media, manufacturing and services. Peter Docker is a former Royal Air Force senior officer and international negotiator for the UK Government.
Drama at work
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 21, 2023
There are some film directors that have meltdowns, go over budget and fuel their creative work with feuds. It’s tempting to imagine that CEOs, painters or poets that bring the noise must also have skill. But burning your guitar doesn’t make you Jimi Hendrix. And then there are the professionals that do great work. That’s it.
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Classical music and documentaries
Seth Godin Blog
MAY 25, 2022
Check the ratings, whichever magazine or website you choose: Classical music and documentary films almost always get more stars and higher ratings than pop music and feature films. The reason is simple: The folks who like stuff like that like stuff like that. The smallest viable audience for certain genres is very clear.
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Fearless Women Leading Protests And Shattering Stereotypes
On the Brink
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Kotes, a film production designer and activist. “We Women were stronger in this situation” said Tatiana N. We had to assume a more significant role. Men’s dominating role in the society has collapsed.”. Fearlessly standing up to a bully by the thousands.
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What does reality look like?
Seth Godin Blog
MAY 1, 2024
And next up, video : The last century’s worth of video and film is about to snap into clarity and focus, challenging our memories of what it was like, and establishing a new reality. It gets more even and consistent. You may have noticed that there are far fewer spelling mistakes to annoy us than there used to be.
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It’s Just a Number, Right
Chad Barr
DECEMBER 16, 2020
December 16, 1950, Shirley Temple, the award winning, adorable child actress retired from films at the ripe old age of 22. Famous for films such as “Bright Eyes” (1934), “Curly Top” (1935) and “Heidi” (1937), she was a box office smash and the leading Hollywood star from 1935-1938.
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Curation (vs the road to junk)
Seth Godin Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
Christopher Nolan hasn’t made many movies (and has carefully kept his first student film hidden from view). As a result, the average book on the Kindle is virtually worthless, because once it’s easy to include everything, everything gets included. Amazon doesn’t promise to curate, they insist the purchaser does.
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Are You Living Your Dream?
Chad Barr
JULY 17, 2019
In 1928, his short film Steamboat Willy , starring the character “Mickey Mouse,” was a national sensation. It was the first animated film to use sound, and Disney provided the voice for Mickey. As they say, the rest is history.
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Will strategy consultants (again) be the masters of the universe?
The Source
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
What the film tapped into, of course, was the public perception that consultants were arrogant know-it-alls, spotty business school graduates who felt they had the experience to tell captains of industry what to do. Thirty years ago, a documentary about consulting aired.
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Measuring the Impact of #MeToo on Gender Equity in Hollywood
Harvard Business
MAY 19, 2021
Researchers analyzed film projects developed by Harvey Weinstein’s former collaborators after the movement began.
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Blockchain Entertainment
Tom Spencer
OCTOBER 14, 2017
Firstly, the film biz has always been high tech and since the early nineties only moving in one direction when it comes to digitalization. Those who thought film stock might actually stick around were quickly disabused of that notion even before Youtube. Why is this happening? If this sounds futuristic, think again.
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Start with the easy tests
Seth Godin Blog
AUGUST 20, 2021
And if you want to make a feature film, figure out how to create a delightful three-minute short first. If we can’t figure out how to understand and support a simple small business, it doesn’t make sense to spend our time decoding a complex large one. The ocean is made of drops. Start with those, not the waves.
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Trouble in the grey zone
Seth Godin Blog
OCTOBER 26, 2023
This is where the rents for the big restaurant are high, the budget for the film is in the tens (or hundreds) of millions and the record label has decided to really push on a particular artist. Netflix demonstrates this small-budget magic on a good day. But then we enter the grey zone.
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CMOs—Now Is the Time to Assess Your Digital Skills
BCG
JUNE 27, 2016
While many of the headline speakers at Cannes hailed from the creative communities of film, TV, and, of course, advertising, much of the festival’s real action took place around the booths of tech leaders such as Google, Facebook, and Tencent.
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The Wizard and the Prophet
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 10, 2021
It delivers on so many things that we want a book to do–it could never be replicated by a website or even a film. This is my book of the year. The audiobook is even better… It’s engaging, powerful and resonates really deeply.
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How to Clarify Your Ideal Consulting Client
Consulting Matters
JULY 8, 2020
And once you get that clear, this is how you know you have enough clarity on your ideal client: If you were going to film a movie about your ideal client and you were the, let's say you were going to be the movie director.take the movie director test.
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156 How Netflix’s Content Strategy Is Reshaping Movie Culture
Harvard Business
AUGUST 31, 2017
” If you’ve seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, that one line probably conjures up memories of Oh yeah, chicka chicka, Ferraris, playing hooky, and dating in high school — all of which feature heavily in the hit coming-of-age film. This is how Blockbuster used to operate, at least when it came to mainstream domestic films.
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Bonus: A game design history…
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2020
For no really good reason, I filmed this long riff about my experience with the early days of video and adventure games. Two videos for when you might have time. Probably more 1980s game history than you wanted to know.
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Formal Work Environment: The Pros and Cons to Consider
LSA Global
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Despite inventing the first digital camera in 1975, Kodak was reluctant to move away from its profitable film business. Kodak’s inflexibility which ultimately led to its 2012 bankruptcy is one of the most cited examples. How much flexibility should be built into your business practices ?
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Smart people
Consultants' Consultant
JANUARY 5, 2019
Consultants Consultant: Smart people are everywhere in film.
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France Goes After Actor Salaries; Sunday Shopping "Reform" French Style
MishTalk
DECEMBER 13, 2014
The Wall Street Journal reports In France, Popular Actors May Pay for Change in Funding for Films. 1, the Centre National du Cinéma, the government agency that funds film production, will shun films in which the pay to the star actors exceeds a certain percentage of production costs. Effective Jan. million ($1.85
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The True Spirit of Mr. Rogers
The Fearless Marketer
DECEMBER 2, 2019
On Thanksgiving day, My wife and I went to see the Mr. Rogers film, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. This is one of those rare films that can create a shift in one’s perspective about life. In many movies, we experience a hero or heroine and feel inspired by who they are. We might even feel like that superhero for a day or two.
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77 Why Do You Do What You Do?
Claris Consulting
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
Why does Tom Brady spend voluminous hours studying film of his opponents? Tom Brady studies film to find one weakness in his opponent to win the game. Why does Jeff Bezos start his senior leadership team meetings in silence? Why does Taylor Swift still take voice lessons? Why do you do what you do?
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Business Lessons from How Marvel Makes Movies
Harvard Business
JULY 16, 2019
Research shows that several strategies drive this success; they include bringing in different types of talent while also maintaining a stable core creative team then working together to challenge the superhero action-film formula. And, Harrison argues, leaders in other industries and functions can easily apply them to their own businesses.
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Getting the joke
Seth Godin Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
” When we encounter a fashion, a film or some other cultural artifact that the critical establishment has celebrated, it’s easy to not understand it. “But why is this important?” Taste, after all, is unevenly distributed.
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