Of Mouse & Men

102 Years of Disney Stories and Life Lessons

Rick and Bob Allen share tales, insights and life-lessons from 102 years of Disney experience beginning with their dad’s first job on Disneyland’s opening day. This casual and entertaining storytelling session includes personal anecdotes from a unique perspective spanning their combined careers in Walt Disney Imagineering, and Operations at Disney Parks and Resorts around the world. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience that will entertain and offer a bounty of “practical perspective.” 60 minutes. The target audiences for this talk are all levels of leadership from entry level to the boardroom.

Rick and Bob Allen share tales, insights and life-lessons from 102 years of Disney experience beginning with their dad’s first job on Disneyland’s opening day. This casual and entertaining storytelling session includes personal anecdotes from a unique perspective spanning their combined careers in Walt Disney Imagineering, and Operations at Disney Parks and Resorts around the world. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience that will entertain and offer a bounty of “practical perspective.” 60 minutes. The target audiences for this talk are all levels of leadership from entry level to the boardroom.

      Story Points:

  • Meet Walt, a complex and unusual person
  • “No Stripes! No Borders!” is the essence of teamwork
  • “Can Do!” is the secret to achieving the impossible
  • Be a Warrior by harnessing the power of passion
  • Pixie Dust is 98% Sweat and how magic starts with Why
  • 40 Pounds of Trouble and the power of integrity
  • Being part of something bigger is working with a purpose
  • The Wink Factor and why breaking rules for the right reasons is OK
  • GREAT is outside of our comfort zones
  • We stand on the Shoulders of Giants

 Bob Allen Sr. and Walt Disney at Celebrity Sports Center, Denver, Colorado

Rick Allen and his brother Bob

Story Points:

  • Meet Walt, a complex and unusual person
  • “No Stripes! No Borders!” is the essence of teamwork
  • “Can Do!” is the secret to achieving the impossible
  • Be a Warrior by harnessing the power of passion
  • Pixie Dust is 98% Sweat and how magic starts with Why
  • 40 Pounds of Trouble and the power of integrity
  • Being part of something bigger is working with a purpose
  • The Wink Factor and why breaking rules for the right reasons is OK
  • GREAT is outside of our comfort zones
  • We stand on the Shoulders of Giants