Tomorrowland Is Not Your Friend
Happy 2025! I hope your holidays were filled with joy and that your New Year is off to a promising start. While none of us can predict exactly what the next twelve months will bring, I’m already anticipating and looking…
Catastrophe Canyon
If you were a guest at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios back in the day, you no doubt remember a section of the Backlot Tour called “Catastrophe Canyon.” There you experienced an elaborate special effects show in which Disney simulated…
Eight for You, Two for Me
This might come as a shock, but not every day at Disneyland is great. In fact, I’ve even had a few that weren’t even good. It doesn’t happen often. But it does happen. May 25, 2022 was one of those…
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…
Remembering Rolly Crump
We lost a legend recently. And not just any legend. We lost an Imagineering icon, Rolly Crump. What I loved most about Rolly wasn’t his unique gifts, his exceptional talents, or the multiple stamps he put on the Disney parks…
It All Started with a…Telegram!
Where were you three years ago? That’s right! It has already been three years. On March 8, 2020, I took a group of students to Disneyland for a Sunday tour and COVID was already all over the news. On Wednesday,…
12 Books for Christmas 2022
Welcome to the final “WEDnesdays With Walt” email for 2022. I’ll be taking a two-week break for Christmas, including a trip to Orlando/Universal, and getting things set up for a successful 2023! Before saying goodbye and taking off, I want…
Drawing on Gratitude
Have you ever found yourself stuck? In a bad situation? Crying out for help? Have you ever messed something up so badly that you felt stupid, like an idiot, as if you had no idea what you were thinking? Have…
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…
Don’t Stop Believin’
Greetings from Niagara Falls, Canada! I’m writing while also sharing The Wisdom of Walt with a great group of folks from various businesses in agriculture at the Grow Your People Summit. It is fitting that the event is taking place in Ontario…