Bill’s Upcoming Keynote for the Oregon State Chamber–Dreams and Dreamers: How to Innovate like Walt Disney and the Pixarians

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Bill Capodagli–Featured Keynoter for Manufacturing Innovation 2012

 

Bill Capodagli will be a featured keynote speaker at Manufacturing Innovation 2012 (MI2012) in Orlando on May 9th. This 4-day event is produced by Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and brings together over 700 manufacturers, industry experts, and MEP field staff to gain valuable information on the latest trends and technologies facing U.S. manufacturers. This event is designed to truly bring the “voice of manufacturing” and “voice of government” to an open, educational and sharing environment that makes a measurable impact on U.S. manufacturing.

SALESFORCEXP FEATURES INNOVATE THE PIXAR WAY

To Infinity and Beyond

Pixar-inspired innovation can make your meetings a hit

By Staff

As published in: SalesForceXP - November-December 2010

In their book Innovate the Pixar Way: Business Lessons From the World's Most Creative Corporate Playground (McGraw-Hill, 2010), authors Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson latch on to Pixar Studios' commitment to excellence through imagination.

"It makes no difference if you are making a movie that takes four years or serving a customer that takes four minutes, you have only one chance to deliver that magical, magnetic, enchanting experience for your customer," the authors state.

Because a company's creativity begins during planning sessions, here are three ideas from Capodagli and Jackson that will help your team improve its innovative process during team meetings:

1. Take field trips. Some may be related to particular projects you're working on, while others will feel completely disconnected. In preparation for the animated feature "Cars," Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter and 11 animators rented white Cadillacs and traveled Route 66. To obtain ideas for designing the "Cars" movie characters, Lasseter visited the actual design studios of several automotive companies.

2. Bring in an outside guest speaker. Have your team spend an afternoon learning how to cultivate bonsai trees, or how to prepare an Italian dinner, or how to make classical music relevant to today's youth. The key is to get the team to expand their thinking outside their normal comfort thinking zone.

3. Conduct quarterly "Gong Shows." Years ago, the Disney organization had something called the "Gong Show," which was patterned after the old TV game show and provided an opportunity for anyone in the company to pitch new film ideas.

BILL CAPODAGLI SPEAKS FOR ASAE

August, 23rd, 2010; 1:30-2:45pm - Bill speaks on Innovate the Pixar Way at the LA Convention Center for Association Executive and Hospitality Industry Leaders; formal book signing to follow

TUCSON LAUNCHES INNOVATE THE PIXAR WAY

Yesterday, Bill spoke at the Loft Cinema in Tucson to an enthusiastic audience. In attendance was Amanda Shauger from KXCI Community Radio who was there to record clips for a radio show featuring Innovate the Pixar Way.

In a follow-up email message to us, she wrote, "last night through the magic of Google, I discovered an article about my girl scout troop from 1975. It described our awards dish dinner at a local park. Our badges were acknowledged and the one I remember best was from our skating lessons. It was a little trip down memory lane and I remembered how fun that was and how proud I was...didn't think too much about it until during the talk when Mr. Capodagli said that his greatest finding of Pixar was to look at things through the eyes of a child."

We hope everyone who reads Innovate the Pixar Way will remember the importance of doing just that! Thank you, Amanda!

TOP5 SPEAKER on MANAGEMENT - BILL CAPODAGLI

Thanks to all of you who voted for Bill as Best Speaker at Speaking.com. They announced the "Top5 Speaker" honorees for 2010 and Bill has been awarded the Top5 Speaker designation in Management!