Summary: How can organizations avoid complacency and create catalysts for innovation? This program delves into survival strategies used by businesses that are constantly evolving and placing themselves at the frontline of the innovation battle. Expert guests include Sirius Satellite Radio CEO Mel Karmazin, Kodak Chairman and CEO Antonio Perez, LG Electronics CEO Yong Nam, and Novartis CEO Daniel...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: How can a company assemble all the ingredients of true innovation and achieve marketplace success? This program gathers together the key issues and themes explored throughout the series The Business of Innovation, outlining actionable strategies that will drive a business forward. Expert guests include Google VP Nikesh Arora, FedEx CIO Robert Carter, former Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: How did Jason Osborn and Jason Wright turn Feed Granola into a hot brand and a household name in less than two years? This CNBC program depicts the entire process, with commentary from Inc.com senior editor Rod Kurtz, Whole Foods Market regional coordinator Kara Rubin, and the two models-turned-business-partners themselves. Also headlining the program is Sara Blakely of Spanx, a company that...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Comparisons between General Motors and the Titanic are unfortunate, but inevitable. Confusing luxury with reliability, favoring a bloated status quo over true innovation, and ignoring a host of danger signals, GM finally fell victim to its own errors. This ABC News program studies the economic icebergs that sent the company into bankruptcy-as well as the technological life rafts that could, if...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Corporate innovation begins and ends with people who have the vision and courage to push creative boundaries. But in today's global marketplace, it's no easy task to engage and motivate a workforce. This program explores ways for organizations to harness diversity and original thinking, unlocking the innovator in every employee or team member. Expert guests include GE's former CEO Jack Welch,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Blake Mycoskie had four companies under his belt when he got his best idea yet: create a shoe company that gives away one pair for every pair sold. This CNBC program shows how Mycoskie used his business sense and budding celebrity status to grow TOMS Shoes into a global brand, while donating over 115,000 pairs of shoes to children in need. Also featured is Frontera Foods, brainchild of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Blue, black, skinny, flared-no matter what form they take, denim jeans are an American icon. And no jeans are more iconic than those made by Levi Strauss & Company, which introduced riveted denim overalls in the later decades of the 19th century and then, starting in the 1920s, offered similarly constructed pants. This CNBC Original documentary goes behind the scenes at Levi's, telling the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: A profitable business requires radical thinking, not only on a nuts-and-bolts level but in a way that connects with consumers. How does an organization make that happen? This program examines tools and methods that add value to businesses and enhance the customer experience. Expert guests include Xerox president Ursula Burns, Tata Consultancy Services Managing Director Subramaniam Ramadorai,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Today's corporate leaders increasingly recognize that doing good is good for business. But how does innovation fit into the 21st-century framework of social and global responsibility? This program looks at green business practices and management as springboards for achievement and profit. Expert guests include Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, IKEA North America president Pernille Spiers-Lopez,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Once the reigning symbol of American industrial might, General Motors now ranks among the most visible casualties of the global economic crisis. What specific forces cut the industrial giant down to size, and what strategies will enable it to rebuild? This CNBC Original documentary goes inside GM as it scrambles to stay alive and-if it can learn from the past-regain its former glory. Topics...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009