Duncan Wardle | How to Think Like a Child and Build Like a Visionary

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Join Duncan Wardle as he shares riveting stories from his journey—from a challenging boarding school in Scotland to leading innovation at Disney. This episode dives into Duncan's unconventional approaches to creativity and problem-solving that transformed entertainment experiences globally. Discover how his early education and relentless pursuit of imaginative solutions paved the way for a remarkable career in bringing magical experiences to life.

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0:00.0	As you probably notice, this month, we're bringing you our Life of Purpose series and revisiting
0:04.6	some of our most transformative episodes. Tune in to explore expert insights and practical
0:09.4	strategies on help, performance, and community well-being, all aimed at helping you achieve
0:14.4	personal and professional fulfillment. If you sign up for the newsletter, you'll not only get
0:18.5	recaps of the key ideas in each interview, but at the end of the series, you'll receive our free Life of Purpose ebook.
0:24.5	What you have to do is go to UnmistakableCreative.com slash LifePurpose.
0:28.1	Again, that's UnmistakableCreative.com slash Life Purpose.
0:31.9	I phone the Disney office every day at 10.30 a.m. Monday to Friday for 27 days till this lovely lady called Julie got so fed
0:39.5	up on me calling saying, can I have a job? They may be the copy boy. And that's how I started with
0:43.8	Disney. I was the cappuccino lad in the London office. Just go and get my boss six cappuccino's
0:48.0	a day from Barre Italia. And about three weeks into the role, I was told, you're going to be the character coordinator. That's the person that looks after the walk-around characters, at the Royal Premier Fooframed Roger Rabbit in the presence
0:59.3	of the Princess of Wales. Diana's, what do I do? They said, well, you just stand at the bottom of the
1:03.7	stairs. Roger Rabbit would come down the stairs. The Princess of Wales would come in along the receiving
1:07.9	line. She'll either creed him or she'll blow him off. How could you possibly screw that up? Well, that's the day when I found out what a contingency plan
1:15.5	was because I didn't have one. I'm Sreeny Rao, and this is the unmistakable creative podcast,
1:24.6	where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most
1:27.6	innovative and creative minds who started movements, built thriving businesses, written
1:32.1	bestselling books, and created insanely interesting art. For more, check out our 500 episode archive
1:37.2	at UnmistakableCreative.com. Duncan, welcome to the Unmistakeable Creative.
1:45.2	Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.
1:46.9	Hello, thanks very much for having me.
1:48.9	I am beyond excited to talk to you, and I found out that you had worked as the head of
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