Talking Point: The Disney Institute Blog

August 27, 2015 by Bruce Jones, Senior Programming Director, Disney Institute

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Recently, Fortune magazine interviewed Ed Catmull, president, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation on how his team sustains business success through continuous innovation. In “Part I” of our ...

August 25, 2015 by Bruce Jones, Senior Programming Director, Disney Institute

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Recently, Fortune magazine interviewed Ed Catmull, president, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation on how his team sustains business success through continuous innovation. We’ve embedded the three-minute v...

August 20, 2015 by Bruce Jones, Senior Programming Director, Disney Institute

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“I’ll need to speak with my manager.” This probably sounds familiar to most of us, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with involving ones manager in helping to make decisions. However,...

August 11, 2015 by Bruce Jones, Senior Programming Director, Disney Institute

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In 2015, we explored The Role Of Positive Peer Pressure In Workplace Culture—the idea that healthy peer-to-peer relationships contribute to a healthy workplace culture where individuals at all...

July 27, 2015 by Bruce Jones, Senior Programming Director, Disney Institute

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How do you want to be remembered as a leader? And, why is this important? This is much more than an academic writing exercise. Proactively considering what your coworkers, employees, clients or cust...

July 23, 2015 by Bruce Jones, Senior Programming Director, Disney Institute

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At Disney Institute, we believe leadership is a verb rather than a noun, and therefore, great leadership is dependent upon the actions one takes rather than the position one holds. So then, what acti...