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  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Formula For Success combines the excitement of the premier league of motor sport with the insights of business theory and practice.. Formula for Success gets under the skin of the world's greatest racing series to unearth the thrills, excitement and skills at the cutting edge of Formula 1 and demonstrate how they are so relevant to the global business community. Working in close partnership with the Williams F1 team, the series will turn the camera away from the race track to use the Formula 1 analogy to highlight the challenges faced by today's global businesses and demonstrate what they can learn. Whether it's knowledge creation and transfer, working in global teams, managing across boundries or effective execution of strategy and sustained levels of performance, the series will explore how the likes of Williams and their rivals overcome these challenges and how their working practices can help global business achieve peak performance.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

1x01 Overview and Money

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The opening episode of Formula For Success takes an in-depth look at the modern-day F1 team, its sponsors and what makes it successful..

This episode looks at the great F1 leaders, comparing their vision and ethos to the great business leaders of our generation..

F1 teams have had to become brands in their own right in order to attract the best and most lucrative sponsors...

This episode looks at a crucial component in both the F1 industry and in business..

1x05 Technology

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This episode looks at the role of technology in both F1 and in business and how it can be used to gain an edge over competitors..

1x06 Teamwork

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This episode follows author and former Williams marketer Richard West as he uses this practice to teach corporate clients the importance of working together..

1x07 Globalisation

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Over the past 10 years, F1 has become a truly global business with more than half of the races now held outside of Europe, the sport’s traditional home..

1x08 The Future

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The final programme of the series asks where to next for F1 and looks at the challenges the sport faces in the coming years.

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