“When it comes to fully understanding how to strategically move all the pieces on the marketing and distribution chess board on a worldwide basis, Jeff Blake is always thinking two moves ahead and that gives Sony a true competitive edge. He is the studio's secret weapon and while he would be the first to credit his fantastic sales and marketing team, there are few executives here that deserve more credit for our successes during the past several years than Jeff.” ThinkingGivingYearsFirstsTwoWould BePastMovingUnderstandingSecretPiecesTeamWeaponsDeserveBasesMarketingEdgesStudiosCreditChessFantasticBoardsExecutivesDistributionBlakeAlways ThinkingMoving AheadSonyDeserve More Author:Amy Pascal
“Growing up, Guess always had these amazing billboards and cool affordable clothing. I wore it then, and I still wear it now! It's come full-circle. When I design the clothes, I have a very good team around me, showing me different pieces and cuts.” StillsDifferentGrowing UpPiecesCuttingGrowingTeamDesignClothesVery GoodCirclesClothingsAffordableBillboardsGood TeamFull Circle Author:Tiesto
“Congratulations to the Auburn team and coach Malzahn. The piece for us was that we took some first and ten's and could not get a third down conversion. We kept putting the defense on the field. We tackled, we played hard, but offensively we did not execute. We are a work in progress. Certainly a group of men that are committed to fixing things. But frankly we did not get it done today.” MenFirstsHardDoneTodayPiecesProgressGroupsTeamFieldsTenThirdsCommittedDefenseCoachesConversionTigersCongratulationsFixingGet It DoneWork In ProgressLsuAuburnFixing Things Author:Les Miles
“I've teamed up with BaubleBar to curate a collection of gorgeous jewelry pieces. I worked closely with the BaubleBar team to design a collection that encompasses my style and all of my go to pieces.” PiecesTeamStyleDesignCollectionsGorgeousJewelry Author:Ashley Madekwe
“To this day I am not convinced of having brought together with me in Germany the technically best players that could have been. But I was firmly convinced I called the ones that could create a team, and they could play with one another to the best of their possibility. In this day and age you win if you become a team. It doesn't necessarily mean that you've got to have the best football players in the country. It's possible that the best, all together, don't become a team. It's like a mosaic, you have to put all the pieces together.” IfsMeanHas BeensCountryPlayAgeTogetherWinningPiecesPlayerTeamPossibilityFootballConvincedGermanyThis DayCould Have BeenBest PlayersBest FootballFootball PlayerMosaics Author:Marcello Lippi
“A hockey team is like a puzzle. Every piece is vital.” PiecesTeamHockeyPuzzlesHockey Team Author:Bob Hartley
“By the way, that's my number one piece of advice if you're going to join a startup: pick a rocket ship.” IfsWayNumbersPiecesTeamAdvicePicksShipsRocketsOne Piece Author:Sam Altman
“One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview.” GivingTryingTogetherPiecesTeamAdviceProjectsInterviewsWorking Together Author:Sam Altman
“I want to create a rapid response team, right around the world, perhaps starting originally with our partners, similar to the one we have in the United Nations whereby, where there's a problem in our society which demands a compassionate response, an educated, informed, not just a splurgy emotional thing, but an informed compassionate response that puts yourself in the position of the other and sees all sides of the problem, not just your own, there'll be somebody poised in each society who can write to the media, write an op-ed piece, to go on TV or radio.” WorldWantWritingProblemNationsSidesUnitedPiecesTeamMediaPositionEmotionalTvsGoes OnDemandResponseStartingRadioPartnersEducatedAround The WorldOur SocietyCompassionateUnited NationsRapidsEmotional Things Author:Karen Armstrong
“One of your many jobs as manager is information conduit, and the rules are deceptively simple: for each piece of information you see, you must correctly determine who on your team needs that piece of information to do their job.” NeedsJobsSimplePiecesTeamInformationDetermineManagers Author:Rands
“The correct way to play chess is to develop each and every piece (chess is a team game!), get your King safely castled, and only then begin more aggressive maneuvers.” WayPlayGamesPiecesTeamKingsChessAggressive Author:Jeremy Silman
“I always told my team, "You have to believe that you are not in front of a computer, but that your canvas is a piece of paper. You have to believe this even if you have a computer in front of you."” IfsBelievePiecesTeamFrontsPaperComputerCanvas Author:Alex Abreu
“When it comes to staying myself - my career isn't my life, it doesn't come home with me. So it's a piece of piss staying grounded and not being changed by it. The same things I've always liked still satisfy me. My team's the same and my group of friends are the same. Of course I'm bowled over by people's response to 21, and when I meet artists I love, it blows my mind. But it baffles me as well. I go home and my best friend laughs at me, rather than going to a celebrity-studded party to rub shoulders with people who know me but who I don't know. I'm Z-list when it comes to that sh**.” PeopleKnowsMindWellsStillsHomeArtistCoursesPartyCareersLaughingPiecesGroupsTeamChangedResponseBlowListsShouldersStayingComing HomeKnow MeGroundedMy Best FriendGroup Of Friends Author:Adele
“I was a halfback on an American football team in Athens, Greece - the Kississia Colts - where I went to high school, and we took the Cup my senior year. The downside, and somewhat unfortunate piece of information I have to pass on, is there were only two teams in the league because of the limited amount of Americans.” YearsTwoSchoolPiecesTeamInformationFootballAmountHigh SchoolCupsLeagueUnfortunateSeniorGreeceAmerican FootballFootball TeamAthensSenior YearColts Author:Greg Kinnear