Danny Boyle apologizes in front of a billion people
I was watching the Academy Awards today morning (in India) and it was an overwhelming ceremony - a celebration of creativity and hard work. The “Slumdog Millionaire” team has all the more reasons to celebrate their hard work as they win 8 Oscars. 
A large part of the credit of any movie goes to the Director. After all, he is the Project Manager of the Project and apart from his own work of 'Directing each scene', he is also responsible for integrating all parts of the production into a great deliverable. And Danny Boyle seems to be great in doing this. He has been able to energize his team of geniuses (including the likes of Rahman and Gulzar) to work - not as individuals, but as a team. The result is for all to see - a sweep which started with Golden Globe, and continuing with BAFTA and Oscars.
Now, the character of Danny Boyle as a great leader came up in his Oscar Speech. His energy (jumping like a kid) and his gratefulness towards his team were obviously there – but he spoke something which was really inspiring. He said “I forgot a guy, the guy who choreographed the dance at the end of the film. He is called Longenes and I forgot him of the credits and I only found out about it two weeks ago. I am an idiot and I apologize from the bottom of my heart Longenes.” (Video)
Just look at this again, here is Danny Boyle, receiving his Oscar, for the first time in his life. His enthusiasm and usual thanks – friends, family, crew, God etc. are standard Oscar stuff, but the differentiating factor – remembering one of the crew members, whose name was missed out in the credits of the movie – maybe it was someone else’s mistake? But Danny didn't pass the buck, he apologized himself – in front of a billion people in the world.
That’s ownership!!
Just imagine how inspired his team would have felt. Maybe he is not going to work with any of them in his next project, or the one after that – but they will all remember him for the rest of their lives.
Gary Drumm - PMP
IT Executive, PMP
thx for sharing Sudipto
Subbu Venkat
Operational Excellence Consultant at The Phoenix Companies
Identify modules ( every question is a story !!)
Identify appropriate resources ( low paid new actors)
Dont bother about heavy weight team leaders ( Instead of highly paid ones, go for the next best)
Have some thing good to the ears to the customers ( AR Rahman), though it may not be directly relevant to the project!
Ramesh Kumar
CTO. Works as 'Human Search Engine! An internet 'addict' !!!
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