What we really need

What we really need to be open to is diversity itself, especially in a business environment. What you want is a plethora of ideas; you want people with different life experience, people with different work experience, people from different cultures to bring something to the table that you otherwise based on your own coming up, … Read more

I think the most

I think the most important CEO task is defining the course that the business will take over the next five or so years. You have to have the ability to see what the business environment might be like a long way out, not just over the coming months. You need to be able to both … Read more

I work in a

I work in a business environment forty hours a week, and writing is what I do to unwind. It allows me to transport myself to a happy place where I can indulge my hopes, beliefs, aspirations and fantasies. It also allows me to live and breathe a topic for eighteen months while I’m researching and … Read more

I don’t want our

I don’t want our success to be measured only by financial yardsticks, or by our distribution or number of shops. What I want to be celebrated for – and it’s going to be tough in a business environment – is how good we are to our employees and how we benefit our community. It’s a … Read more

My family achieved success

My family achieved success not in spite of, but because of the American system of taxation. After all, without reliable and safe roads thereā€™d have been no Disneyland; without high functioning legal systems and a well regulated business environment there would have been no copyright protection for Mickey Mouse.
Abigail Disney