“The worst part is that if you become part of a major - all these independent labels become farm teams for your corporate parent. Basically, you do all the work for years, blowing up an artist - you discover them, blow them up, you build their fan base. And then that artist is like, "Okay, now I'm here. Now I want more. I want to be bigger." And you're either going to be able to accommodate them, you're going to be able to figure out how to take that step with them, or you're going to lose them.” IfsWantYearsAbleArtistParentLosesStepsTeamFansWorstFiguresMajorsOkayBiggerIndependentBlowLabelsCorporateFarmsAccommodateBlowing Up Author:El-P
“It is management's job to direct the efforts of all components toward the aim of the system. The first step is clarification: everyone in the organization must understand the aim of the system, and how to direct his efforts toward it. Everyone must understand the damage and loss to the whole organization from a team that seeks to become a selfish, independent, profit center.” FirstsWholeJobsLossEffortStepsTeamDirectOrganizationAimIndependentManagementProfitSelfishDamageFirst StepsComponentsClarification Author:W. Edwards Deming
“Independent films are very hard to get made, but I'm lucky enough to get them made, so I'm going to keep doing it. I like my independence. I like being able to tell a story the way I want to tell a story. I don't like developing it with a team. I like coming to a story and deciding whether I want to do it or not.” WayWantMadeHardEnoughStoriesAbleFilmTeamLuckyIndependentIndependenceDevelopingIndependent Film Author:Paul Haggis
“On the set of an independent film you can tell that nobody is doing it for the money. Everyone is there because they love the script. A smaller budget sort of unifies everyone; it's a real team effort and that's amazing. But these opportunities just don't present themselves that often for me, so basically any chance I get to do something different I jump on it.” DifferentRealFilmOpportunityChanceEffortTeamIndependentScriptsBudgetsIndependent FilmTeam Effort Author:Will Ferrell
“In one study, old people assigned to a geriatrics team stayed independent for far longer, and were admitted to the hospital less.” PeopleStudyTeamIndependentHospitalsOld PeopleGeriatrics Author:Atul Gawande
“It's a completely independent atelier and company. We develop the prototypes here. There's a pattern maker, a sample maker, a commercial team, a head of sales, an in-house production team. That's the price of independence. And in the studio I work closely with Sarah-Linh on the collection, and Nao takes care of development.” CareHouseCompanyTeamDevelopmentIndependentIndependencePatternsProductionsStudiosTake CareCollectionsMakersSamplePrototype Author:Christophe Lemaitre
“My mom had a job, and she also took care of us, and she also took care of Dad - I always saw her pulling triple duty, doing more than I ever felt like she needed to. I made a promise to myself that it would be more of a team effort in my family someday. And because of that, I became more independent.” MadeWould BeCareJobsFeltEffortSawsTeamDutyMomNeededDadPromiseMy FamilyIndependentMy MomSomedayPullingTeam Effort Author:Carrie Underwood
“The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude.” PlaySportsAttitudeTeamBaseballIndependentPlusInitiative Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I felt that I'm a real important part when it comes to hip-hop, but maybe not so much in the industry, so I felt that I was better of in an independent situation... where I have some control over my life and there's no middle man and it's basically me and my team handling my situation.” MenImportantRealFeltSituationTeamMiddleIndustryIndependentHip HopHipsHops Author:Styles P
“You know, Bernie [Sanders] is - he is a team player. I think he's on the wrong team, perhaps because he's been in Washington, D.C., too long, because he used to really understand independent politics and why we cannot have a viable political system unless we have independent political parties. Otherwise we just keep marching to the right.” ThinkingKnowsLongPoliticalUsedPartyPlayerTeamIndependentPolitical PartiesPolitical SystemsTeam Player Author:Jill Stein
“Independent means one thing to me: It means that regardless of the source of financing, the director's voice is extremely present. It's such a pretentious term, but it's auteurist cinema. Director-driven, personal, auteurist... Whatever word you want. It's where you feel the director, not a machine, at work. It doesn't matter where the money comes from. It matters how much freedom the director has to work with his or her team. That's how I personally define independent movies.” MeanTermTeamIndependentPretentiousFinancing Author:Alexander Payne
“You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.” PeopleIfsFeelsPersonsLeadershipDecisionInspiringTeamIndependentI've LearnedEmpoweringExtensionsEmpowered Author:Tom Ridge
“One of the most awesome things about sports, particularly team sports, is that everything you need to do to be successful on the playing field carries over directly into life. In a team sport you have to learn how to work together, to set goals, and then work toward those goals in a productive way. You learn to be responsible and you learn how to not only depend on others, but also be independent so you can support others.” WayNeedsTogetherMotivationSportsGoalSupportSuccessfulTeamFieldsDependsResponsibleIndependentBeing SuccessfulProductiveWorking TogetherCarrieSetting GoalsSoftballBeing ResponsiblePlaying FieldsSports TeamAwesome ThingsMost Awesome Author:Sheila Cornell-Douty