The film you want to make is within you, you need to know your story and to learn the language of film to understand fully the movie you want to make.

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Comedy is a great tool for that because if you laugh with people you start to understand that you share more with them than you thought did initially and you learn about them as well.

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Take the time to learn and understand what exactly you are pitching.

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You quickly learn that if your explanation is not simple to understand or interesting, they are going to move on and talk to someone else.

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It is not until you begin to understand the nature of risk that you learn how fantastic it is as an opportunity creator.

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Build an OI culture: You have to support and learn from failure, communicate openly (and often) to build trust, help your people understand the innovation process and consistently reward partnerships and results, not just patents.

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You either have to know (or learn) how to evaluate these trends, how to understand new, innovative business models and how to forecast their potential for success.

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Don't be afraid to be wrong, don't be afraid to sound unclear, because understand this is the only way you'll learn.

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As you begin to understand and respect those that came before you (with a different lens) you learn how and why you are naturally wired as a leader.

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In this step you learn a lot about your colleagues, from how much they understand themselves, how willing they are to be upfront about what they really want, and how articulately they can express themselves.

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