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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business

One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. Developers have two primary ways to help create new and better jobs. The second is to develop spaces and programs to incubate entrepreneurs. They are certainly important components, but they are not enough. We think cities can do better.

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Having a Growth Mindset Makes It Easier to Develop New Interests

Harvard Business

Others lean more toward the view that interests can be developed and that, with commitment and investment, they can grow over time — we call this a growth mindset of interest. But if interests can be developed, then having strong interests in one area would not preclude the development of interest in other areas.

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How Managers Can Avoid Playing Favorites

Harvard Business

But when managers favor one employee over another, morale and productivity suffer. What Great Managers Do. Exceptional managers find and capitalize on their employees' unique strengths. “You’re not giving others the opportunity to grow and develop strength and breadth.” Related Video.

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Blockchain Could Help Artists Profit More from Their Creative Works

Harvard Business

home marketers (Fox, HBO), cable and satellite services (Comcast, DirectTV), video syndicators (PMI, TVS), film libraries and archives (Eastman House, Getty Images), and talent agencies (WME, CAA, ICM), each with its own contracts and accounting systems. ” LeBeau’s vision is not a pipedream.

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Job Hub: Pixar Animation Studios Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

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. If so, how did you manage and plan for the team?” billion dollars.

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4 Ways Women Can Break Barriers by Breaking the Rules

Harvard Business

She had launched her career 12 years earlier with no connections — she just picked up a camera and started making small-budget films, including one she financed out of her own savings account. She achieved a big breakthrough with Selma , the first film directed by an African American woman to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

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Companies Are Turning Drones into a Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business

While 60% of drone usage currently relates to communications and media such as for film making and commercial photography, new higher-value applications are on their way, as drones have a significant advantage in terms of precision, convenience, and cost over more traditional solutions such as satellites and helicopters. Insight Center.

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