Dec 1, 2023
Movies analogies
Movies analogies
Inspiration comes from a great curiosity about everything. Here are 5 films from which we can draw analogies for our Experience Design & Business Strategy thinking.
Inspiration comes from a great curiosity about everything. Here are 5 films from which we can draw analogies for our Experience Design & Business Strategy thinking.
The Edge - 1997
Charles (Anthony Hopkins) reveals why people spend hours in the woods when they're lost. Not because they're lost. It's because they're ashamed to admit they're lost, and aren't looking for a solution.Take a deep breath, look at what works and what doesn't, and finally find the way out.
Ford v. Ferrari - 2019
Shelby (Matt Damon) explains that despite all the committee obstructions and bad casting, some results are there. All that's needed is for Ford to put its trust in him and share the vision of how to operate to overcome the obstacles to success.
Cast away - 2000
Chuck (Tom Hanks), stranded on his island, adapts and survives. He never gives up hope of making it. Resigned but always hopeful. His philosophy is that you never know what the tide will bring. And indeed, one day, it does bring him his sesame.
Apollo 13 - 1995
In a meeting, Kranz (Ed Harris) becomes impatient with the lethargy of his teams to find a solution. He highlights a principle: it doesn't matter why things are designed, it's what they can do that's important.
Moneyball - 2011
Billy (Brad Pitt) teaches us that, thanks to real player data, he can put together the best, most efficient team at a controlled cost, over and above the industry conventions that dictate that the most expensive player is necessarily the most efficient. Here, the idea is to create the best-performing team based on figures, not on preconceived ideas. “Adapt or die” is the answer given when the change manager blocks his solution. A lesson that can be transposed to the corporate world.
The Edge - 1997
Charles (Anthony Hopkins) reveals why people spend hours in the woods when they're lost. Not because they're lost. It's because they're ashamed to admit they're lost, and aren't looking for a solution.Take a deep breath, look at what works and what doesn't, and finally find the way out.
Ford v. Ferrari - 2019
Shelby (Matt Damon) explains that despite all the committee obstructions and bad casting, some results are there. All that's needed is for Ford to put its trust in him and share the vision of how to operate to overcome the obstacles to success.
Cast away - 2000
Chuck (Tom Hanks), stranded on his island, adapts and survives. He never gives up hope of making it. Resigned but always hopeful. His philosophy is that you never know what the tide will bring. And indeed, one day, it does bring him his sesame.
Apollo 13 - 1995
In a meeting, Kranz (Ed Harris) becomes impatient with the lethargy of his teams to find a solution. He highlights a principle: it doesn't matter why things are designed, it's what they can do that's important.
Moneyball - 2011
Billy (Brad Pitt) teaches us that, thanks to real player data, he can put together the best, most efficient team at a controlled cost, over and above the industry conventions that dictate that the most expensive player is necessarily the most efficient. Here, the idea is to create the best-performing team based on figures, not on preconceived ideas. “Adapt or die” is the answer given when the change manager blocks his solution. A lesson that can be transposed to the corporate world.
The Edge - 1997
Charles (Anthony Hopkins) reveals why people spend hours in the woods when they're lost. Not because they're lost. It's because they're ashamed to admit they're lost, and aren't looking for a solution.Take a deep breath, look at what works and what doesn't, and finally find the way out.
Ford v. Ferrari - 2019
Shelby (Matt Damon) explains that despite all the committee obstructions and bad casting, some results are there. All that's needed is for Ford to put its trust in him and share the vision of how to operate to overcome the obstacles to success.
Cast away - 2000
Chuck (Tom Hanks), stranded on his island, adapts and survives. He never gives up hope of making it. Resigned but always hopeful. His philosophy is that you never know what the tide will bring. And indeed, one day, it does bring him his sesame.
Apollo 13 - 1995
In a meeting, Kranz (Ed Harris) becomes impatient with the lethargy of his teams to find a solution. He highlights a principle: it doesn't matter why things are designed, it's what they can do that's important.
Moneyball - 2011
Billy (Brad Pitt) teaches us that, thanks to real player data, he can put together the best, most efficient team at a controlled cost, over and above the industry conventions that dictate that the most expensive player is necessarily the most efficient. Here, the idea is to create the best-performing team based on figures, not on preconceived ideas. “Adapt or die” is the answer given when the change manager blocks his solution. A lesson that can be transposed to the corporate world.
