Cultural compound interest

Michael Eisner sitting in director's chair
Michael Eisner said in 1984, “The Disney Culture, and maintaining it, is my number one priority.”

Kodak had their chance too, but they held so tightly to film, they suffocated themselves.

How does this train of thought affect Disney?

Easy, we have learned to be intentional with harnessing the positive ripple effects created by synergy, cause and effect, and culture.

We over-focus on the same things others under-focus on or ignore. We see the power in being intentional versus being unintentional.

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Erroneously focused on Disney’s what and Disney’s how

Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel at Disney University
Look closely and ask why?

When i saw the Disney Institute participants struggle with our Business Excellence content, which focused on what we do and how we do it, i set out to find a breakthrough for those struggling business professionals.

i was on a mission to crystallize why, and how to explain why, we do what we do.

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The thought consumed me

disney speaker Jeff Noel sitting on a chair on a stage
Becoming a public speaker was scary enough. Becoming a storyteller, the scariest.

After that, the idea of being a Disney professional speaker consumed my thinking.

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Disney credentials matched perfectly

creative Disney tee-shirt design
Perfect match?

Sometime later we spoke again, and she proceeded to share how my first Disney Supervisor, Neal McCord, had lunch with a Disney Institute (DI) hiring manager and Neal recommended me as a potential speaker because of my 15 years of Disney Operations experience. DI was looking for someone with those exact credentials.

Steve Heise was the DI Director and he wanted to meet me.

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