Tag: Disney

How do you prioritize cultural imperatives?

Disney cultural imperatives
My Disney University friend’s list on the right, mine on the left.

 

How do you prioritize cultural imperatives?
Yes, a Disney Cafeteria napkin.

 

How do you prioritize cultural imperatives?

One list, based on these organizational priorities:

  1. What is foundational?
  2. What is flexible?
  3. What is for the future?

Second list, in my own words:

  1. What must an employee know?
  2. What does an employee need to know?
  3. What is nice for an employee to know?

When time and or money are scarce, make sure whatever you do gets done in descending order, otherwise, you are not over managing with intentionality.

In fact, when we are not intentional, we are not creating “by design”.

Without an intentional design, we are accepting a culture by default – one that happens without guidance and without focus. This a is diseased culture; one that is hard to cure.

 

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Walt Disney’s dream for the Florida Project

Disney University history
Yesterday at Disney University, walking the halls.

 

Walt Disney sketch of Florida Property
Yesterday at Disney University.

 

Walt Disney’s dream for the Florida Project was first visualized for others in the rough sketch above. Take solace in the humble beginnings of your big dreams. It’s how the process works. There is no shortcut.

 

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Excited to go to the Printer this morning

Print media fine tuning
Measure twice, print once.

 

Excited to go to the Printer this morning. Picking up:

  • Business cards
  • Workbooks
  • Tri-fold handouts
  • Activity materials (two separate activities)

The behind the scenes work can be staggering. At Disney, you learn to never let the Guests see it.

 

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Organize yourself to create Magic all the time

people on an elevator
The elevator doors open and there was a bright light coming from…

 

Disney office building chair
Can one “Disney” chair produce such a light?

 

Although outsiders believe it’s the Magic that makes it work, i take solace in spending my days life as a “Disney Way” professional speaker, illuminating the truth to those who want it. Sometimes, like yesterday, the audience is Family.

 

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Seven Summits Expeditions, Frank G. Wells

Magic Kingdom Main Street Cast Member Windows
My favorite window, because of it’s obscurity.

 

Florida wild flowers near Disney World
A little patch of barely noticeable heaven in the very center.

 

Florida wild flowers near Disney World
In the one mile stretch of roadway in our neighborhood, this is the only place to see this.

 

Seven Summits Expeditions, Frank G. Wells. That’s what the first photo captures in the Magic Kingdom Disney-legend tribute window.

Frank Wells was the original choice for CEO to replace Ron Miller (Walt’s son-in-law) in 1984. As the story has been shared with me, Frank turned it down, because he said Disney needed a creative person at the helm. Frank told his suitors that if they got the young Paramount Studios executive, Michael Eisner, as the new Disney CEO, Frank said he would be willing to be the COO.

Ten years later, Frank was tragically killed in a Heli-skiing accident.

Unknown to most Disney Cast Members is this story and the back story of Frank and a mountain climbing partner and their attempt to summit the highest peak on each of the seven continents. They summited six peaks, but did not make it to the top of Mount Everest.

That’s the significance to the window.

i had the privilege to spend two-and-a-half years (1988-1990) working in a Disney World office that handled Michael and Frank’s Orlando itinerary every time they visited. i even got to meet and interact with both of them.

 

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