Most definitely true, but social skills cannot be overstated. In most companies, from the third level of management, you don’t actually do almost any work in terms of getting something done. You manage people who do the work, provide the direction etc. But whatever you want to accomplish, you have to do it through…

Interestingly enough, if you're out of the US, it seems to assume you're in New York. Because aren't we all?

I always imagined the symbolism behind it meaning "We're closing down the joint, making the court unusable, as the best team in this particular gym has been determined" - therefore making it appropriate to cut down the nets in any gym (or cartoonishly repurposed stadium) where no more games will be played. Regional…

As someone who works at a corporation slightly bigger than Disney, I kind of get his point. If all the suits come from the same schools, and I get the feeling they do, getting money invested into the 'product' is not the same as getting it for the staffing. Now, in media, writers are the product, so it's quite easier…

yeah, that was my first thought as well, but $399 for a side-project that may or may not have a point is a bit out of my price range...

I was always interested in trying to model the expected attendance of a concert based on other gigs' attendance by the same/similar band. This would obviously require pretty detailed attendance data. Any chance where one would be able to procure this?