Category: Final 120 Days

Big data and then what?

Knowing this has been published in complete violation of our signed contract, and not having a plan is like having big data but not having a quick plan of action.

Like a broken record.

A buzz is created about the next big thing.

Everyone leans in and tries to get on board.

Big data and then what?

So what if you know a myriad of details you never knew before?

Knowing it doesn’t give you organizational bandwidth to identify and scale the most important big data findings.

This is where common sense, questions, and paradox are the superior tools.

Simple, key, repeatable messages.

This is how you scale organizational vibrancy.

The long way is the short cut.

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Lucky for us he got caught (and fired)

40 years since the interview. Visiting Sanibel since 1989.

Lucky for us he got caught (and fired).

Without that interview, we would have never met.

Without the vacancy created by his firing, and without me being on the alternate’s list (wasn’t good enough to make the first round selection), i wouldn’t have been positioned to be interviewed.

Ellie (unintentionally) caught him sneaking beer into the dorm. She could have given him a warning but there were other student witnesses.

Ellie was forced to terminate his coming year contract.

What are the odds?

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Their work dreams are both

Three college-bound young men. Together at a Florida beach.

Their work dreams are both different and the same as mine.

Different in that they have much less desire to have a stable, lifetime career with a single organization.

The same because they too have the alluring goal to try to do work that matters – work that makes our world better.

It would be a privilege and an honor if they asked me for career advice.

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Disney is everywhere

Toy Story 4 debuted the day before we arrived. We hope to see it at the Island Cinema (next to Bailey’s Store).
Cheryl noticed Mickey as our groceries were scanned. Never noticed it as i selected it in the produce section.

Disney is everywhere.

Disney is so pervasive that it can be right in front of you and you can’t see it.

Attention to detail in world-class service can be similar.

So much detail that you can’t recognize the superior attention to it.

You might only recognize something when the detail is missing.

Take cleanliness at a Disney Theme Park for example.

You expect it but you really don’t notice how remarkable it is.

You’d only start to notice if we weren’t keeping everything so clean.

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Do you know your company’s values?

We are trading high-mountain snow banks for sea-level sand beaches.

My company’s six key priorities, in order:

  1. Honesty
  2. Behave admirably
  3. Personal responsibility
  4. Self-control
  5. Initiative
  6. Fun
  7. (Bonus) Contribution

The last one is most important, but everything has to start with honesty (the conduit for trust). Trust is the most important value.

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