Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

In Disney’s work

Disney leaders at a January 2025 reunion
L-R: Rick, Kathy, Craig, Jean, Chris, Laura, Debbie, and Spencer.
Disney leaders at a January 2025 reunion
L-R: Sheryl, Sonya, Spencer, and John.
Disney leaders at a January 2025 reunion
Kevin and Erin.
Disney leaders at a January 2025 reunion
Maribeth, John, Rick.
Disney leaders at a January 2025 reunion
L-R: Maribeth, Carl, Cheryl.
Disney leaders at a January 2025 reunion
L-R: Sonya, Thea, Carol, Jean.

We work while others play.

Holidays, nights, weekends.

You are expected to have “full-availability”.

For your entire career.

Everyone at Disney gets this. Not everyone likes it. But you make a commitment to being on a world-class team and you do your part, like everyone else. Nights, weekends, holidays.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

Disney group photo

Only two folks i had never met before. Cheryl and i worked directly with many and indirectly with the rest. Ps. “Mickey and Minnie”, back row center.

Active and retired.

Once Disney, always Disney.

Always.

Ps. It’s a lifestyle choice. You don’t realize it in the beginning. It’s possible to go unnoticed during your career. But once you leave and look back, it’s totally a lifestyle choice.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

If Disney Ran Your Life

Disney keynote speaker name tag
Born and raised in a small Pennsylvania town.

Repetition is the mother of all learning.

Simplicity is operational genius.

Never get bored with the basics.

If Disney Ran Your Life, then everything matters and nothing is optional.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

Five just, reprise

four grizzly bears on an iceberg
Doing the five “justs” below is what led me to this place.

Five ‘justs’ (reprise):

  1. Just lead (Leaders)
  2. Just engage (Employees)
  3. Just serve (Customers)
  4. Just love (Loyalty)
  5. Just improve (Creativity)

Note: The (words in parentheses) are the five Disney Institute classes i taught. Years ago i renamed them as the word just before (the word in parentheses): lead, engage, serve, love, improve.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

Speech practice, work

conference room setup for Disney keynote speech
2007 with Chris Caracci. Not sure where or for whom.
conference room setup for Disney Institute keynote speech
2007…that’s Chris. Always loved teaching with him.

Continuing with slides 32-40:

32. 3 blueprints (Reason gold)

33. Interstate roads (what %)

34. Greet (20) (stand)

35. Task vs Purpose

36. North (stand)

37. Make People Happy

38. Captain Hook (2 out of 3)

39. Disney Bus

40. 3 blueprints (gold review)

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.