Draw like you mean it

Russell from Pixar's UP
Dream big!

To imagine being able to draw up cultural blueprints; to architect a foundation that you can’t wait to show and tell others about.

This book illustrates the five foundational business excellence building blocks for world-class corporate culture.

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The ripples make perfect sense

mountain lake
Slight wind can make ripples. Strong winds move ripples to waves.

Leadership, good, not so good, or great has corresponding cultural ripples.

When you understand that leaders impact the employee experience, and employees impact your customer experience, and customers impact your financial experience, and creativity is the DNA of every great company, you have learned to embrace the basics.

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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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