Detouring to wonder why

Disney Bus wait times sign — Passing the Guest Bus stop while walking back to car to drive home.

Detouring to wonder why

To wonder why?

Detour.

A different route to get somewhere; usually unplanned, unexpected, often scary and inconvenient.

What if we detoured in our journey to understand, and practice, the world-class, Disney Creativity and Innovation key drivers required to become and stay exceptionally creative and innovative?

The “what if” usually has an ending sounding like this, “I’ll never know?”

Why?

Because it’s safer, more convenient, and easier to manage the unexpected and unplanned if we just get back to the job at hand, which is to maintain the current level of organizational creativity and innovation.

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It’s Not The Creativity and Innovation Magic That Makes It Work

Walt Disney's Main Street window — Walt’s Main Street window faces Cinderella Castle.

Meg Crofton Main Street window — Meg Crofton at one time was Walt Disney World’s President.

Disney balloons — Heading home after Day 13 writing at Disney.

It’s Not The Creativity and Innovation Magic That Makes It Work

It’s the hard Disney Creativity and Innovation work that makes it Magic.

It comes down to being focused and disciplined.

Focused on the basics.
Disciplined to never take our focus off the basics.

Seems ridiculously simple right?

It is.

Remember, though; simple doesn’t mean easy.

If focus and discipline were easy, we’d all be continuously improving; increasing our employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction, and financial results.

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Disney’s Single Biggest Continuous Improvement Secret Revealed

Disney Institute class hallway banner — First in the room. Last to leave. Long day?

Disney’s Single Biggest Continuous Improvement Secret Revealed

Disney over-focuses on the same things others under-focus on or ignore

Disney Creativity and Innovation banks on being intentional where others are unintentional.

This is the key to Disney’s long-term success.

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The Four World Class Creativity and Innovation Basics, Disney Style

feet propped up on stool — Chef Mickey’s waiting area.

The Four World Class Creativity and Innovation Basics, Disney Style

The four creativity and innovation basics will be revealed in the book.

For now, here are some thought-starters:

Never get bored with the basics.

Focus and discipline.

Excellence.

Exceeding expectations.

All day.

Every day.

Never be satisfied.

The road to excellence has no finish line.

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If Creativity and Innovation, Disney Style, doesn’t make perfect sense, nothing i say will matter

man looking at phone sitting on ground at Disney — The shop entrance pole also serves as a safety device.

Disney Institute twitter quote — September 2016. i, and every other Cast Member learned this (me in 1982) in Disney Traditions.

If Creativity and Innovation, Disney Style, doesn’t make perfect sense, nothing i say will matter

When you believe in something all the way, no convincing is necessary. When you don’t, no amount of convincing will be enough.

If what Disney Creativity and Innovation does, how we do it, and why we do it doesn’t make perfect sense, no amount of my content will ever be enough to convince you.

The good news?

It’s not worth it for either of us to convince the other of anything different.

There’s irrefutable evidence in the form of historical Customer and Employee loyalty that needs no defense.

That said, may you and your business endeavors bring you the personal vibrancy and organizational vibrancy every great leader dreams of.

Ps. In the off chance, you’re feeling compelled to take a risk, the worst that will happen is you’ll have lost an hour of your life to “what might have been.”

An hour.

Two 30-minute “The Office” reruns. Almost makes the chance seem worth it, no?

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