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Disney Should Be Making More Things That Fail

The safest way to avoid bad ideas may also be the safest way to avoid extraordinary ones.

Failing forward is part of the creative process. Our inheritance was somebody else's blue sky once. The next generation deserves some of ours.

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“What are we creating today that people will still love when none of us are here to see it?”

Disney’s greatest advantage has never been a ride system, a streaming platform, a distribution network, or a balance sheet. Those things matter because of what comes before them: stories people choose to carry with them.

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