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Project Managers, Unlock the Power of Timeboxing

Harvard Business

From film directors and restaurant owners to lawyers and accountants, many professions involve managing projects. Project managers who learn to embrace this keystone skill can enjoy increased productivity and stand to witness a transformative impact on projects. Modern work is inherently project-based and collaborative.

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Creating a Cohesive Team for Corporate Transformation Projects

Harvard Business

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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James Bond, Dunder Mifflin, and the Future of Product Placement

Harvard Business

An obvious solution is product placement, a company paying for its product to be featured prominently in a film or television program as a form of advertising. product placement market grew by 12.8% And it’s particularly true when audiences like the film or show. Interactive product placement.

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How Customers Come to Think of a Product as an Extension of Themselves

Harvard Business

That’s when consumers feel so invested in a product that it becomes an extension of themselves. Companies that encourage psychological ownership can entice customers to buy more products, at higher prices, and even to willingly promote those products among their friends. It’s called psychological ownership.

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The 7 People Every Consultant Must Have On Their Team

David A Fields

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. Successful, independent consultants know the same thing (about consulting, not films).

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Lack of Perspective: When Determination Leads to Disaster

Tom Spencer

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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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. Consumers can view films on their mobile devices in exchange for bitcoin.

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