News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!

OrlandoRising

Well-Known Member
Clearly doing what Bob Iger and the current top execs want to do is not exactly serving the company very well either. Animation diminishing without hits, theme parks dropping attendance to competitor parks and having to hire companies to navigate their hiring freeze and budget cuts.

We don't know the nuances or details of what he may think about specific things, but principles of good treatment and business are a science and well established to know that his philosophies still work, because other successful companies are doing it.
All valid points. However, I was responding to a comment that said, "Walt Disney would fire them all," not some nuanced point about better business practices. Making everything about Walt is tiresome and unconstructive.

There is a rumor Chapek used to say this to Imagineering heads and it was tremendously unpopular.
It's "The Walt Disney Company" not IBM. Even Iger knows that. A lot of the company's "Soul" is still today from the stuff that Walt Disney and company created. Those "Traditions" are still very important and relevant to the company, even today. It really makes it more complex with the reasons you stated.

No, it's really not more complex than that. I think you can debate real things like company values or good business practices, without falling back on speculation and pixie dust myths about what a man who has been dead for 56 years would think about any of this. It's just not useful.
 

Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
He didn’t exactly say anything controversial though, a far cry from taking a direct jab at legislation and stepping into a firestorm.
still is a complete hoax/sideshow…just like RCID…

We can separate the “art” from the “artist” here

Update: genius behind that bill indicted on wire fraud for skimming Covid funds today…

As if that was really in doubt?
 
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UNCgolf

Well-Known Member
She's almost certainly not going to be the next CEO.

Even if she somehow is, it will be for a short stint. She's in her mid-late 60s at the youngest (can't find her birthday anywhere but she's been working since 1981), and the next CEO won't take over until 2024. She's not someone who would take over and run the company for 15+ years like Iger and Eisner before him.
 

Sir_Cliff

Well-Known Member
What is she, 65-67!!! What the heck do you look like?

For the record, she's not unattractive, at all. The picture is funny but it's quite a stretch to actually make issue of her physical looks.
I mean, the picture is not even all that funny when it's not super zoomed in on her face. Honestly strange people are so fixated on it.

ChristineMcCarthy.jpg
 
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MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
An absolutely must-see from Christine McCarthy if you want to gauge her credentials and, if you must, her actual looks. The video circles around Disney+ without mentioning it since it wasn't out yet. It also shows that she's very aware of the need for good content and good creatives since it's the heart of what they sell. She's not just a bean-counter looking at short-term gains. [Keep in mind that YouTube allows playing videos at a faster speed.]



And an absolutely must-read (or -listen) regarding the 2-Bob Drama and C-Suite handicapping.

 

Skywise

Well-Known Member
Interesting.

I've heard reported (by female employees) it was for other reasons.

He is creative, no doubt and probably at his core, not a bad guy when the alcohol is out of reach but that doesn't excuse creating an inappropriate work enviroment either from a legal or moral standpoint.
Yeah, I saw a lot of gossip and slander and rumors but no criminal or civil charges.

Given the obvious Game of Thrones mentality in the Disney exec offices we've seen over the past 2 years, I think we can also entertain notions of backstabbing and power grabs by the other execs using dirty tricks.
 

Skywise

Well-Known Member
An absolutely must-see from Christine McCarthy if you want to gauge her credentials and, if you must, her actual looks. The video circles around Disney+ without mentioning it since it wasn't out yet. It also shows that she's very aware of the need for good content and good creatives since it's the heart of what they sell. She's not just a bean-counter looking at short-term gains. [Keep in mind that YouTube allows playing videos at a faster speed.]



And an absolutely must-read (or -listen) regarding the 2-Bob Drama and C-Suite handicapping.


Yeah - she also insinuated that many theme park customers were fat, too. Perfect candidate.

 

GhostHost1000

Premium Member
Yeah - she also insinuated that many theme park customers were fat, too. Perfect candidate.

Don’t be so hard on Cruella Christine
 

Skywise

Well-Known Member
Saw a report on another site Iger is making comments on gun control. Regardless of what he said about it will they ever learn to just run Disney
Yeah - odd that he'd step right back into the political waters. This is the guy that had all the rubber band and fake guns removed from Walt Disney World parks a few years back (especially pirates of the caribbean). Guess light sabers are OK though...

Maybe he's trying to keep his presidential aspirations open...
 

DCLcruiser

Well-Known Member
Yeah - she also insinuated that many theme park customers were fat, too. Perfect candidate.

Have you been to the parks? Food portion is large. Obesity and diabetes is a real problem in America, and WDW.
 

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