Priorities – Page 5 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Talk is so cheap, it’s free

Jeff Noel diagram about action catalysts — Some compelling catalyst has to happen from talk or nothing changes.

Talk is so cheap, it’s free.

Remember kids, you get what you pay for.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

6 Prioritized Personal Values

father and son next to Disney Institute van — He’s a college upper classperson now. He knows the Disney Way better than anyone else his age. Better than most at any age.

Shared these six in descending order. Started and stayed with Honesty from the time he could talk to about 4 or 5. Note: This is the prioritized order.

Honesty
Behave admirably
Personal responsibility
Self-control
Initiative
Fun

Behave admirably, personal responsibility and self-control were rolled out when he started doing sleepovers.

Initiative rolled out in middle school.

Fun got introduced as a High School upper classperson.

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Should writing become a lesser priority?

Disney Pixar character Carl posing with three women — Carl had some regrets. One of these amazing women has called it “quits”. Adventure awaits, right?

Should writing become a lesser priority?

This question (above) may be the insight that the past week on Mars is leading me to.

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Top 3 creativity and innovation priorities?

Disney Creativity Keynote Speaker — Most creative improvements happen on the front line. Small, low-cost to no-cost iterations that continuously improve things over time. Cast experience improvements. Customer experience improvements. Business-financial improvements. And of course, leadership improvements.

A leader and a direct report are paired and each has a Post-it note. The leader writes the top three creativity and innovation priorities she expects of her direct report. And the direct report writes the top three creativity and innovation priorities she thinks the leader expects from her.

What are the odds the lists match?

The entire point of clarity with expectations, priorities, and accountability comes down to scaling a winning formula. As employees become leaders, and as employees and leaders move around within an organization, the core mission, and the structure and processes to maintain and improve the mission are your cultural bedrock.

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Your best home tool

quote written on a Flipchart — One of my all-time favorites. Profoundly simple. Simply profound.

Your best home tool?

Prioritized priorities.

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