News & Opinion: Movies as a replacement for books.

Four Italian consultants, Francesco Bogliari, Sergio Di Giorgi, Marco Lombardi and Piero Trupia, concluded "executives learn little from books." So they wrote a book* to recommend movies "they say showcase good business practice and highlight major issues."
"High-quality films, though, can offer lessons about problem-solving and teamwork as well as focusing on issues such as globalisation and diversity, Mr Bogliari said."
Some of the recommendations include:

1. Stephen Spielberg's The Terminal starring Tom Hanks
   
   
2. Pedro Almodvar's Volver with Penelope Cruz

Moral of both stories: Use diversity to your advantage.


3. Westerns starring John Wayne
   
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4. Stanley Kubrick's Lolita
   
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Check out the full story here.
Update: Wall Street Journal's The Informed Reader blog picked up the BBC story and interprets as many of the movie titles as they can.
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*the book is in Italian.