Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 2
Masters of Scale
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🗓️ 23 March 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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From Pixar to Marvel to Lucasfilm, Disney's Bob Iger defied expectations, acquiring world-renowned brands and meshing them seamlessly with the House of Mouse. In Part 2 of our epic conversation with Iger – Disney's executive chair and former CEO – we delve into the next phase of the process, how he helped build a diverse, sustainable ecosystem for Disney companies in the China market, and how all the lessons learned played out in the massive acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now, |
| 0:07.8 | with short newsy interviews alongside the deeper dives of Masters of Scale. Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response is expanding into its own feed. |
| 0:17.0 | We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time. |
| 0:24.8 | So search for rapid response in your podcast player |
| 0:28.0 | and subscribe to make sure you get all our episodes. |
| 0:31.2 | I'll see you on the other side. |
| 0:33.0 | We're back with Park 2 of his two-part episode with Bob Eiger, Executive Chairman and |
| 0:38.7 | former CEO of Disney. In part 1 we talked about Bob's incredible talent for acquisitions, not just making |
| 0:45.1 | them happen, but making them work. |
| 0:48.1 | So let's talk for a minute about ecosystems, and not just any ecosystem, one that demands a specific expert. |
| 0:54.0 | My name is Jason Ward. I am a birder, science communicator, host of birds of North America |
| 1:02.0 | and I am also the new chief diversity officer for the American Bird Conservancy. |
| 1:10.0 | As Jason can tell us, just because an ecosystem is stable doesn't mean it's always peaceable. |
| 1:16.0 | The birds he studies are proof of that. |
| 1:19.0 | There are a lot of birds who compete for the same resources. |
| 1:25.0 | Birds are very territorial. |
| 1:28.0 | A lot of people kind of refer to them as being the closest thing that we have to modern day dinosaurs. |
| 1:34.4 | I push back on that. I say no no no they are not the closest thing that we have |
| 1:41.4 | to modern day dinosaurs they are modern day dinosaurs. not the |
| 1:43.0 | closest thing that we have to modern day dinosaurs. |
| 1:46.0 | They are modern day dinosaurs. |
| 1:51.0 | When we watch Jurassic Park and we see the T-Rex or the Velociraptor wreak havoc, we shouldn't separate the birds from that. |
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