What have we learned from the Hollywood strike? | Kathleen Sharp

Top executives are terrible at reading the room and unions are stronger when workers stick together. Now let's sign that contract

This year was supposed to have been a showbiz love fest. Disney, Warner Brothers and the boosters of the world-famous Hollywood sign had planned to celebrate their centennials, with a special thanks to the storytellers who have sparked the joy" of movies.

There were so many actors, writers and other workers buzzing around the soundstages in Burbank, Studio City and Culver City that you could practically hear the hum of a $134bn TV-and-film hive.

Kathleen Sharp is the author of Mr & Mrs Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire which has been optioned