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The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Episode 33: Jody Dreyer—Former Disney Executive

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9756 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Jody Dreyer started with Disney as a college intern, but didn't stop there. In her thirty year career with the company, she held 22 different jobs, working her way up to the C-Suite and reporting directly to then-CEO Michael Eisner. Her infectious personality and deep insights into creativity, business, and the secret to Disney's success, are worth their weight in gold.

Transcript

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0:00.0

In the long run, passivity won't pay off.

0:08.6

It never pays off.

0:11.4

If you want a life of meaning and transcendence, you're going to have to move.

0:17.5

Aggression doesn't have to be toxic or damaging.

0:20.7

Healthy aggression risks.

0:22.4

It builds new things.

0:23.6

It breaks through barriers.

0:25.1

It's the key to living a life that matters.

0:28.5

I'm Brian Tome, and this is the aggressive life.

0:32.1

Thank you. On October 16th, 1923, a date that will live an infamy.

0:51.5

That actually was not the actual date.

0:53.5

But nonetheless, a pair of brothers opened a cartoon studio in Hollywood, California.

1:00.4

Nearly a hundred years later, their work is dominating the American landscape.

1:06.8

Who accounted for 70% of all box office sales in 2019?

1:14.6

That would be the Walt Disney Company, one of the largest, but successful and most

1:19.2

consistently creative media companies in history.

1:23.5

Well, we have a treat today.

1:25.5

I just happened to bump into somebody who was at this most senior

1:29.4

level at Walt Disney. Of course, that's just normal. Oh, oh, who do I have here? I have Jody Dreyer.

1:36.0

I have Jody Dreyer who led Disney's worldwide synergy group. She headed Disney's global

1:41.1

outreach initiative. She played major roles in opening Disneyland Paris once traveled the world as a Walt Disney

1:47.6

World's ambassadors.

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