It’s because i stay with the questions longer than anyone else

Disney Institute Keynote Speakers
Stumbled upon this on LinkedIn two days ago. Thirty years at Disney, 15 at this place – Disney Institute. Yes, i’m confident i can answer your toughest challenges.

 

Is there an unfair advantage some speakers have over other speakers?

It’s because i stay with the questions longer than anyone else.

i over-focus on the questions others under-focus on or ignore.

That’s the key to why my cultural architecture is the only way to transform a culture into organizational vibrancy and competitive immunity. It’s also the only way to sustain it.

It hit me yesterday when I was reading an email newsletter from a friend and healthcare culture consultant. Was struck by the slick layouts and diverse topics; very well done.

Their specialty appears to be the ability to go in and help organizations strengthen weaknesses.

That’s the simplest way I can explain my perception of what they do and the difference in my approach.

My approach isn’t to go in and fix anything.

Not in a targeted way, but rather (and more importantly) in a holistic way.

My approach reinforces and strengthens the best parts of their current cultural foundation and puts in place the must-have’s for world-class organizational culture.

i address their culture at the foundational, DNA level.

The need-to-haves and the nice-to-haves come later.

And i insist that without the foundational architecture, any attempt at “fixing or improving things” will fail in the long run.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.

 

You know the saying, “Impossible is nothing”?

Map My Run screen shot
Routinely running 8-10 miles three times a week was impossible until i (got older) retired.

 

Most of us are buried (daily) with things to do so we race through our stress-filled days.

i remember many years decades of wondering if it was possible to break free and design a life that was different, and better, than the rat race i was living.

Turns out, it’s not impossible.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.

 

i simple can not live without it

Apple Watch drawing
The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree.

 

Mini-epiphany yesterday and right now.

Blogging every morning is so critical for my well being, before the day gets active.

In the quiet solitude before sunrise, much is accomplished that would never ever get accomplished.

And the cumulative effort of neglect, or of accomplishment, is staggering – in either direction.

i simply can not miss a day.

Period.

i can remember when (March 31, 2009 was the last day it happened) i couldn’t write my way out of a wet paper bag.

Really need to make the second book (after this one) a priority in 2016.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.

 

The CEO is primarily interested in the bottomline

Disney's Celebration Place
Woman using umbrella for shade, not rain, at Disney’s Celebration Place.

 

CEO’s and other senior executives want quick, cost effective solutions to things they’ve been unable to conquer.

My main job is finding creative ways to help them see their blindspot.

It’s gonna take time and money.

And a level of commitment they’ve never experienced before.

Note to self: Selling is the transfer of enthusiasm.

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Turning one impossible into a new impossible

Disney's Tomorrowland movie sneak peak at Epcot
Yesterday we got a sneak peek.

 

Disney's Tomorrowland movie sneak peak at Epcot
Only 15 people in a theater meant for hundreds.

 

Disney's Tomorrowland movie sneak peak at Epcot
Pre-show waiting area.

 

What was once thought to be an impossibility – writing consistently and publishing a book – has become something unimaginable.

It has become such a critical daily habit.

The thought of quitting this habit is the new impossible.

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