4.8 • 186 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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In this episode, Nicolai Tangen talks to Bob Chapek CEO of Disney, the world’s largest media and entertainment company. They talk about the power of storytelling, the competitive streaming space and the importance of grit and perseverance!
The production team on this episode were PLAN-B’s Martin Oftedal and Olav Haraldsen Roen. Background research were done by Sigurd Brekke with additional input from our portfolio manager Soumi Mitra.
The conversation was recorded 10th October.
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0:00.0 | So, Bob, big thanks for coming on today. |
0:11.7 | Disney is an incredible storytelling company, and you make magic kingdoms and utopian environments. |
0:19.7 | In this modern world, do we need these kind of dreams? |
0:22.8 | I think these dreams are what binds the world together |
0:26.8 | under common values and common aspirations. |
0:31.9 | The Walt Disney Company for decades |
0:34.6 | has been something that brings people together. |
0:37.9 | And in our increasingly divided world, it acts as a source of hope and optimism, I think, |
0:45.2 | for the entire world. |
0:47.4 | And as such, we have an enormous obligation to continue to make sure that the company |
0:53.3 | delivers on that for our millions of guests around the |
0:57.6 | world. Why is storytelling so powerful? Storytelling is powerful because I think it represents, |
1:04.9 | as I think you use the word, more of a utopian viewpoint of the world. |
1:11.6 | And I think through our storytelling, we get to share our brand of optimism. |
1:17.8 | And optimism is a great thing, you know, sort of for everybody across the world. |
1:24.8 | And I think that storytelling enables people to dream and aspire and to |
1:31.4 | have a version of the world that may be ideal, but it gives us all something to shoot for. |
1:40.2 | What's the key to a good story? The key to a good story is really having a hero and a force that delivers a challenge for that |
1:50.6 | hero to overcome. |
1:53.3 | I think if you look at all of our Disney stories, no matter what brand they come out under, |
1:57.8 | whether it's Disney, it's Pixar, or it's going to be Lucas or Marvel or |
2:03.0 | whatever, you'll see that it's really the hero's journey. And in many cases, and increasingly, |
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