Bippity Boppity Business: A podcast for Disney Enthusiasts and Business Professionals.

The passion of art often gets lost in the business world... but when we work from a place of passion, creativity, and wonderment, we can make a magical impact on people.

“Wonder” is defined as a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused my something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable. Here at Bippity Boppity Business, we believe that if you can hold onto the feelings of wonder you once experienced in childhood, you’ll be more likely to create something meaningful and impactful as an adult.

Having started his animation career for the Walt Disney Studios, this week’s guest has a unique background of infusing wonder into his work.

Listen in as Rita welcomes Saul Blinkoff, legendary animator and filmmaker, to have a magical discussion about the power of wonderment in business and the skills/mindsets you need to pursue your most wondrous ideas.

In this episode, Saul and Rita discuss:

• How Saul became an animator and filmmaker for Disney, Netflix, MTV, and more.
• How to infuse a sense of wonder in your art or business.
• The secret to being confident in your career and achieving the “impossible”.
• How to turn your weaknesses into your strengths.
• Saul’s best advice for aspiring animators, entrepreneurs, and creators of all kinds.
• The #1 thing you need to be a successful leader, according to Saul Blinkoff.

Be sure to stick around for the Disney Rapid Fire Questions segment! You won’t want to miss Saul’s wondrous answers!

Do you wish to connect with our special guest?

Visit Saul’s website & listen to the Life of Awesome Podcast: http://www.saulblinkoff.com

Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saul.blinkoff

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“It’s Not Magic That Makes It Work, It’s The Way We Work That Makes It Magic.” -Lee Cockerell

Being a leader and running a business isn’t all about the numbers or even your final product or service. It’s about the people and their experiences!

Have you ever been unsatisfied with a company’s customer service or product? Most likely, we all have! What really makes a company or leader shine and succeed, even in the face of an unhappy customer, is their ability to lead their team to greatness and provide outstanding customer experiences, time after time.

But how do you become a great leader while ensuring fantastic experiences for your customers?

Rita Richa welcomes Lee Cockerell. Lee is the former Executive Vice President of Operations for the WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort, to have a magical discussion about how to approach leadership and world-class customer experience the “Disney” way.

In this episode, Rita and Lee discuss:

-Lee Cockerell’s experience working with Disney & His leadership style; the role of empathy, discipline, and trust in leadership

-How to maintain a low employee turnover

-How to keep your team aligned with the mission and vision of your organization

-Lee’s biggest challenges as a leader: Crisis management, recessions, & more, oh my!

-Incorporating inclusivity and accessibility into the customer experience

-How Disney pivoted during the COVID-19 pandemic & How to use technology to adapt to changes in the market

Lee recommends these professional development books:

-The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker

-The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey

Lee Cockerell’s Best Selling Books:

-Creating Magic...10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney is now available in 21 languages,

-The Customer Rules...The 39 Essential Rules for Delivering Sensational Service is currently available in 15 languages.

-Time Management Magic...How to Get More Done Every Day

-Career Magic...How to Stay on Track to Achieve a Stellar Career

Be sure to stick around for the Disney Rapid Fire Questions segment! You won’t want to miss Lee’s answers!

Do you wish to connect with our special guest? Visit his website: www.leecockerell.com

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Storytelling is a talent and a gift. A great storyteller can create a connection with their audience, evoke emotion, and leave a lasting impression. The best storytellers immerse us into their worlds and leave us wanting more. As more businesses explore storytelling as a digital content strategy, it's become an increasingly valuable tool in a marketer's arsenal, especially in B2B.

When we story-tell we don’t just create content, we create connection.

And as a result, an amazing phenomenon occurs. We start to gain super fans of our work that eventually turn into our super consumers. And Disney is a company that has properly executed this idea and profited from this content strategy ever its inception.

As I started to think about the best person to explore this topic with, I immediately thought of Hala.

Why?

Hala Taha is the founder and CEO of YAP Media, a social media and podcast marketing agency for top podcasters, celebrities and CEOs and more. Also dubbed the “The Podcast Princess,” Hala is the host of the Young and Profiting (YAP) Podcast, frequently ranked as a #1 Education podcast and has interviewed star-studded guests from the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Deepak Chopra, Seth Godin and countless others.

Hala started her career in radio production while in college at HOT97 on “The Angie Martinez Show.” Later, she launched an entertainment news blog site, “The Sorority of Hip Hop,” where she led an all-female team of 50 bloggers, she nearly snagged a reality TV show on MTV!

She took a temporary exit from the entertainment industry to get an MBA and has 7 years of corporate marketing experience at HP and Disney Streaming Services. She started the Young and Profiting Podcast and YAP Media as a side hustle, scaling the business to 35+ employees before quitting her executive position at Disney to take the leap into entrepreneurship.

YAP Media is now a premier social media and podcast production agency for CEOs, celebrities and top podcasters, with a dozen high-profile clients and nearly 60 employees.

How?

She has mastered the art of story through her personal branding, marketing, and podcast, and she’s got over 150,000 super fans on LinkedIn to prove it!

In this episode, Hala and Rita discuss:

• Hala’s current business and podcast “YAP”
• Her thoughts on how to turn super fans into super consumers
• Tips on podcast storytelling
• Her mindset on creating content with intent to serve your audience, not yourself
• How she pushed through constant rejections in her life and finally found success through podcasting and LinkedIn
• Personal Branding: From 0 -150,000+ Followers and a Six-Figure Business. How she went from rejections to success through her online side hustle.
• Hala’s former experiences and how they have shapes her professional career then and now
• And Much More!

Be sure to stick around for the Disney Rapid Fire Questions segment! You definitely won’t want to miss Hala’s creative answers!

Do you wish to connect with our special guest?

Connect with Hala @ Young and Profiting:

Hala’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/

Hala’s Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yapwithhala/

Hala’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapwithhala

Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@halataha

Website: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/

Text Hala: https://youngandprofiting.co/TextHala or text “YAP” to 28046

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Visit her website: https://bippityboppitybiz.com

Connect with her on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ritaricha

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When Disney acquired Pixar in 2006, it was a big moment for the company.

In the book “Ride of A Lifetime,” former CEO Bob Iger recounts that many felt it was too risky, controversial, and almost impossible to successfully execute.Disney and Pixar were two very different companies, with clashing animation and culture ideals.

Directed under Steve Jobs, Pixar’s creative team were the rebels of animation, innovating and producing work that was far beyond the time and what technology was capable of achieving. They had free range to create, with little to no “corporate red tape”. Pixar’s creative team was creating movie blockbuster hits like “Toy Story” that no one had ever seen before.

Meanwhile, Disney was struggling to rank in the box office- the golden era of the 90’s movies was beginning to fade. At the same time, they had stakeholder expectations, intellectual property, and Walt’s legacy, for their creative team to maintain and consider. Innovation was welcomed, but the prospect of producing 3D animation, instead of hand drawn 2D, was not widely accepted.

There was a lot of worry, from the Pixar team, that they would lose their creative edge, that they would become a corporate machine, that churned out product without any care or feeling.
But Iger knew, in order to continue growing as a business, Disney had to merge with Pixar. Iger was aware of the potential cultural clash that would occur when their two very different organizations would come together. His team couldn’t only be the ones executing this culture change management.

Disney was not only acquiring Pixar's team and outputs, they were also acquiring the values and culture of Pixar. They needed a specialist, a neutral third party, to help bring these two very different worlds of business together.

Adam Kingl was brought on board as a business consultant and leadership expert to help with the transition and merger. By hiring someone like Kingl, who could help them navigate these waters, Pixar was able to maintain their creative spirit and continue to inspire others.

In this episode Rita Richa and Adam Kingl discuss:

Ways business leaders can effectively navigate cultural change and people during a merger

How culture directly correlates to business profitability and business success

Strategies Adam implemented to insure Pixar and Disney’s cultural transition was a success

The difference between scientific management and creative leadership

Future of work and capitalism, how Disney is innovating in this space

The magic ways to fulfill organizational and personal purpose.

Be sure to stick around for the Disney Rapid Fire Questions segment! You definitely won’t want to miss Adam's creative answers!

Do you wish to connect with our special guest?

Connect with Adam Kingl @:

Adam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/

Website: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/
Check out Adam’s Book, “Next Generation Leadership: How To Ensure Young Talent Will Thrive With Your Organization” here: https://www.amazon.com/Next-Generation-Leadership-Ensure-Organization-ebook/dp/B07TD15SYL/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=adam+kingl&qid=1561900368&s=gateway&sr=8-1

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Have guest ideas or would like to be interviewed?

Connect with Rita:

Visit her website: https://bippityboppitybiz.com

Connect with her on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ritaricha
Email: [email protected]

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Theron Skees is a highly adaptive, solution-oriented creative executive with 30 years experience assembling and leading multi-disciplined, cross-functional teams for both domestic and international projects in the Themed Entertainment Industry.

A veteran of Walt Disney Imagineering, he has led diverse concept, design and construction projects from hundreds of millions to multiple billions of dollars in a wide variety of experience types all over the world.

The requirements for theme parks, hotels and attractions are different than retail, dining, entertainment and cruise ships, however, he applies the same story-based approach to connect the brand to the consumer in lasting ways.

Disney is synonymous with family entertainment, and their parks reflect that commitment to quality.

Whether it's the care taken to create an immersive environment or the focus on customer service, Disney sets the standard for the themed entertainment industry.

For Theron, it's all about creating an emotional connection between the brand and the customer.

That's what innovative design is all about. It's not just about making something look pretty; it's about creating an experience that will stay with people long after they've left your park or attraction. When done right, that connection can last a lifetime.
On this episode of Bippity Boppity Business our host, Rita Richa and guestTheron Skees, Owner and CCO @ The Designer's Creative Studio, discuss:

• Storytelling in business, inspired by Disney
• How to connect your brand to an audience
• Excellent CX, infusing wonder in the work and experience
• How to continually create/innovate in a saturated market/ building selling experiences

Want to learn more about the magic of branding behind the scenes to apply to YOUR business? If yes, then this episode is for you!

Be sure to stick around for the Disney Rapid Fire Questions segment! You definitely won’t want to miss Adam's creative answers!

Do you wish to connect with our special guest?

Connect with Theron Skees @: https://linktr.ee/designers.creative.studio

Theron's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theronskees/

Website: https://www.designerscreativestudio.com/

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Have guest ideas or would like to be interviewed?

Connect with Rita:

Visit her website: https://bippityboppitybiz.com

Connect with her on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ritaricha
Email: [email protected]

Do you have a podcast you want to create, rebrand, or grow? Discover Rita’s NEW podcast consulting company, Reignite Media.

This episode of Bippity Boppity Business was produced by Reignite Media.