The Pandemic Pivot: How We Took an Entire Studio Remote Overnight | Pivots with Alex Palatnick

Alex Palatnick breaks down one of the biggest pivots of his career—navigating the chaos of moving an entire production team remote during the pandemic. With 60 to 80 people suddenly needing to work from home, the challenge of sharing media, synchronizing edits, and keeping projects on track became a logistical nightmare. From buying mountains of hard drives to the painful process of emailing bins, Alex shares the behind-the-scenes struggles and solutions that made it all work.

Key Topics:

• The sudden shift from an office-based workflow to remote work
• The challenges of sharing media without centralized storage
• Creative problem-solving in a time of crisis
• The importance of adaptability in the production industry
• Lessons learned from an industry-wide disruption
  

Quotes :

• "My wife's got a line: 'Don't grow up, it's a trap.' She's right."
• "People were looking at me saying, ‘What are we going to do?’ It’s really simple—we’re going to buy a mountain of hard drives and copy a bunch of media onto them."
• "It was awful. But it worked. It worked."