Category: Dear Son

What is Disney culture?

Disney University lobby
For every Cast Member, Day One is spent at Disney University. Photo: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 (see upper right on LCD screen). Writing this post January 2, 2021.

Culture is habits. It doesn’t get any simpler than that.

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The Disney Approach

disney leader headshot
Disney Institute Leadership headshot, before i started coloring my hair gray.

When Disney Institute recruited me in 1998, The Disney Approach to People Management (DAPM – a four-day professional development program) consisted of four key, context-neutral human resource practices: Selection, Training, Communication, and Care.

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Cultural Ohana

Man in a mask sitting at the Magic Kingdom entrance
January 1, 2021… 10:34 AM… Life is pretty good.

Organizational vibrancy is the interconnectedness between leaders, employees, customers, reputation, and improvement.

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Do the culture math

Magic kingdom at night from Disney’s contemporary resort
From the Napa Room on top of Disney’s Contemporary Resort.

Culture equals habits. Habits equal results. Thus, culture equals results.

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Brand Like You Mean It

Man in a Hawaiian shirt with the Disney name to
The emotional connection to walking through Magic Kingdom before sunrise dates back to January 1982 as a Jungle Cruise Skipper. Photo: probably 2014.

Brand Like You Mean It is a potential fourth Disney Business book title. Connect Like You Mean It is a potential alternative fourth Disney Business book title.

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