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Business Lessons from How Marvel Makes Movies

Harvard Business

Spencer Harrison, an associate professor at INSEAD, says that managers in any industry can learn from the success of the Marvel movie franchise. While some sequels lack creativity, Marvel manages to make each of its new releases just different enough, so consumers are not just satisfied but also surprised. ”

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Blockchain Could Help Artists Profit More from Their Creative Works

Harvard Business

Anyone who follows the cultural industries — art, music, publishing, theater, cinema — knows of the tussles between artists and those who feed off of their talents. His vision is to decentralize the entertainment industry so that creative individuals can profit from the films, videos, games, and art they help to make.

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The Pros and Cons of Robot Managers

Harvard Business

Although the idea may sound far-fetched, not least because the automation of jobs is usually discussed vis-à-vis unskilled labor rather than management-level positions, it is actually more feasible than most people think. Workers around the world are disengaged with their jobs, and poor management is a major source of this problem.

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How to Trust Your Gut and Find Your Path to Success with Kelly Collins-Lintz

Consulting Matters

Kelly Collins-Lintz – actress of both film and movies, blogger, writer, momager (her kids are also in the acting biz on shows like Bosch, the Walking Dead, and Under the Dome) says “listening to your gut is the best way to create your own path to success,” and this woman knows what she is talking about! Betsy: Wow.

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Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?

Harvard Business

In the last week, film producer Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual harassment — which many have described as an open secret in Hollywood — have exploded onto the pages of the New York Times. Emma Innocenti/Getty Images. The New Yorker documents even more disturbing accusations of rape and assault.

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business

“Organization,” as we’re using it here, includes all of the required capabilities, resources (including human), and management systems necessary to implement your strategy. The result is a company that becomes less and less capable over time as customers move on and talented employees depart for new pastures.

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Gallup Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

He developed research methods and programs for the television and movie industry to help clients determine advertising effectiveness and how to identify what the market wanted to watch in film and television. This new method was named “Q12 measurements,” which offered a platform his was a huge management consulting breakthrough!