I have just watched Iger on being interviewed on Bloomberg. I must say he came across as pretty uncharismatic and a bit of stiff. Is he a bean counter by any chance?
The reason I post this is three of the comments he made.
One was the relationship with Pixar, which hinted that negotiations may reconvene, but don’t put money on it.
2. was that old bean counting favourite, outsourcing, he dressed it up in many phrases but talk about using external talent and creativity and not looking at the US as the sole home of creativity, sounded like staff cuts by the back door. Though I think he liked to use the phrase partnerships. I thought we had moved full circle on this and any company’s who outsourced were brining things back as it never delivers the numbers claimed.
However it was the 3rd item that intrigued most, the theme parks. When questioned about attendance he was very defensive and refused to speculate that numbers were down on advance bookings. Interestingly he said hat he felt new attractions and the like was the way to draw guests back.
Lets see if its just rhetoric
The reason I post this is three of the comments he made.
One was the relationship with Pixar, which hinted that negotiations may reconvene, but don’t put money on it.
2. was that old bean counting favourite, outsourcing, he dressed it up in many phrases but talk about using external talent and creativity and not looking at the US as the sole home of creativity, sounded like staff cuts by the back door. Though I think he liked to use the phrase partnerships. I thought we had moved full circle on this and any company’s who outsourced were brining things back as it never delivers the numbers claimed.
However it was the 3rd item that intrigued most, the theme parks. When questioned about attendance he was very defensive and refused to speculate that numbers were down on advance bookings. Interestingly he said hat he felt new attractions and the like was the way to draw guests back.
Lets see if its just rhetoric
