I finally fininshed the book "Keys to the Kingdom" by Kim Masters. And Wow! Has anyone else read this book? It certainly gave me a new perspective of the Disney company and some of the major players.
First, I have to ask what others think about Eisner after reading this book. For me I have to say I think he is less about the money than purely about his ego and his power. I think he has let it go to the point that he is seriously messed up and is really putting the company at risk. Look at how Disney has been responding to complaints lately by just completely making excuses - it's like the whole attitude of denial has filtered down.
Having said that I am completely uncomfortable with Roy Disney, too. I think he is totally insincere and reading that he was thinking of helping break up Disney was terrible. I am also not too happy with just about any of the other people who were in upper management, either.
The biggest eye opener though is that the upper management really doesn't seem to be genuinely interested in what Disney is, and to them it is just a business and ego trip. It gets me seriously questioning whether they are any better than any one else to run Disney.
Did anyone else get this depressed over reading the book? It makes it sound like success in this world is big business, egos, and schmoozing and quality and product mean absolutely nothing.
First, I have to ask what others think about Eisner after reading this book. For me I have to say I think he is less about the money than purely about his ego and his power. I think he has let it go to the point that he is seriously messed up and is really putting the company at risk. Look at how Disney has been responding to complaints lately by just completely making excuses - it's like the whole attitude of denial has filtered down.
Having said that I am completely uncomfortable with Roy Disney, too. I think he is totally insincere and reading that he was thinking of helping break up Disney was terrible. I am also not too happy with just about any of the other people who were in upper management, either.
The biggest eye opener though is that the upper management really doesn't seem to be genuinely interested in what Disney is, and to them it is just a business and ego trip. It gets me seriously questioning whether they are any better than any one else to run Disney.
Did anyone else get this depressed over reading the book? It makes it sound like success in this world is big business, egos, and schmoozing and quality and product mean absolutely nothing.
