Walt Disney: It’s Not About the Budget
In 1963, Walt Disney hired Alice Davis to contribute her skills in designing costumes for his “It’s a Small World” attraction.
Walt Disney’s Obsession With Excellence: Plussing
Walt Disney was a man committed to excellence and to giving his customers more than they expect. He called it “plussing.”
Walt Disney Leadership Lessons: The Best Ideas are Born in Adversity
For Walt, his greatest ADVERSITY always brought about his greatest IDEAS. Opposition for him always pushed him to greater levels of imagination and resolve. Perhaps that’s why he was able to say with such grace, “I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.”
Walt Disney “lacked imagination and had no good ideas.”
Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” He went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland. In fact, the proposed park was rejected by the city of Anaheim on the grounds that it would only attract riffraff. It seems that Walt Disney wasn’t disheartened by…
Disney Institute Tips for Building Organizational Culture
Stacey Thomson, the Public Relations Manager at Disney Institute offers some advice on building culture in your organization. The culture of any workplace establishment, church community, or non-profit organization, sets the pace for progress, employee and volunteer interaction, and overall morale. At Disney, culture building starts on a cast member’s first day in their Traditions…
Leadership Snapshots: The Pastor of Pixar
Check out this behind the scenes look at a day in the life of John Lasseter, the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is also currently the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering. What do you think about his leadership style? http://youtu.be/m5HN3-l_f-U