Comments on: What Business can Learn from Avatar http://www.unexpectedidea.com/business-can-learn-from-avatar/ Transform your business by doing things differently Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:59:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Brendon http://www.unexpectedidea.com/business-can-learn-from-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Brendon Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:37:18 +0000 http://www.unexpectedidea.com/?p=713#comment-160 I see that Avatar has now become the highest grossing film of all time ahead of Titanic (also Directed by James Cameron). It is the first film to gross more than $2 billion. Impressive. I see that Avatar has now become the highest grossing film of all time ahead of Titanic (also Directed by James Cameron). It is the first film to gross more than $2 billion. Impressive.

]]> By: Brendon http://www.unexpectedidea.com/business-can-learn-from-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Brendon Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:01:07 +0000 http://www.unexpectedidea.com/?p=713#comment-152 Hi Nat Thanks - great comment. I can imagine that the Weta folks do work long hours as I expect the commercial pressures to hit movie production deadlines are intense. So a worthy observation to contrast this with my point 4. Hi Nat

Thanks – great comment.

I can imagine that the Weta folks do work long hours as I expect the commercial pressures to hit movie production deadlines are intense. So a worthy observation to contrast this with my point 4.

]]> By: Nat http://www.unexpectedidea.com/business-can-learn-from-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Nat Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:12:10 +0000 http://www.unexpectedidea.com/?p=713#comment-151 Hi, Nice post. I also enjoyed the movie, but found the storyline a bit corny/clichéd. The effects were undoubtedly amazing though. I just wanted to pick up on your point number 4 - putting life ahead of profits. A colleague of mine socialises with special effects people in London, and apparently Weta Digital are notorious for expecting their employees to pull long hours to get the job done. It's a good company to have on your CV, but it's normal to only work there a year or two because of these long hours (all hearsay of course). Undoubtedly Weta are ahead of the competition in their industry, and congratulations to them on their success - but what is the price of their success? Thanks.. Hi,

Nice post. I also enjoyed the movie, but found the storyline a bit corny/clichéd. The effects were undoubtedly amazing though.

I just wanted to pick up on your point number 4 – putting life ahead of profits. A colleague of mine socialises with special effects people in London, and apparently Weta Digital are notorious for expecting their employees to pull long hours to get the job done. It’s a good company to have on your CV, but it’s normal to only work there a year or two because of these long hours (all hearsay of course).

Undoubtedly Weta are ahead of the competition in their industry, and congratulations to them on their success – but what is the price of their success?

Thanks..

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