The Way to Get Started

Earlier this month, I came across a quote I want to use as the focus for this week’s WEDnesdays with Walt. “Ideas don’t come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to…
Empower Everyone to Make Magic

Have you ever wanted to work in Human Resources? Yeah, me neither! But I am on my way to Boston this week to speak at an HR Conference on the future of work and to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of…
Be Your Own Brand!

I suspect we all know the importance of branding when building a business. But how much time do you spend thinking about personal branding? Whether you realize it or not, you are your own unique individual brand. Originally, the world only knew…
Are You Ready for Your Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow?

How many of you have a love/hate relationship with technology? Guess what…me too! Honestly, I can’t imagine our world today without computers, cellphones, Google, apps, Facebook, Instagram, or even TikTok. But if you are an old Yahoo, like me, then…
Celebrating a Century of Disney

How many times have you been to Disneyland? Walt Disney World? How many Disney cartoons have you watched? Disney movies? How much Disney merchandise and memorabilia do you own? Over time, the numbers add up. And that’s what this article…
Life Is an Omnimover

It was a most interesting announcement. Last spring, Lyndsey and I were at Disneyland enjoying The Haunted Mansion when everything suddenly stopped. We heard the voice overhead reminding everyone to “face forward” and were told that our tour was “being…
Be Mr.Wilder!

How many meetings do you attend in a day, a week, a month, a year? How many of these meetings do you remember? Better yet, what’s the worst meeting you ever attended? Mine was a bit more than fifteen years…
You Wouldn’t Believe!

Shh! I’m sharing a secret this week! Can you keep it? Remember our friend, Jesse Cole, of the Savannah Bananas? Yes, the man who wears a yellow tuxedo for attention, owns seven of them, and even wore one when he…
Simba in the Sauna

I was always that kid. I’ve always been that guy. Never athletic. Never coordinated. Let’s just say that giving me a brain tumor (resulting in multiple falls and multiple fractures), let alone two, really wasn’t playing fair! For example, I scored exactly…
Limiting Beliefs: It’s Not for Us!

What do you remember about your first visit to your first Disney Park? As much as I talk about my first visit to Disneyland, and the irony of hating it, I’ve rarely written about my first visit to Walt Disney…