Eisner's resignation letter
Posted by MacDood
Cory Doctorow:
Here's the text of Eisner's letter announcing his intention to resign from Disney in 2006.
We are different from companies not in the entertainment field. We are a creative company, and as a result, we are so much more. We must consider, develop, discard and reconsider, literally masses of ideas each day, based on few inexact criteria, using experience, talent, judgment, instinct, and hope as our guides along with our education and experience and sense of fiscal responsibility. This is a complicated and risky process, unlike the manufacture and sale of a single or related line of product. We are judged by definitive standards. But it is the creative that pushes to new heights that which can be measured, that which has lasting value to our culture and company.
I believe we have learned who we are, and who we are not; what we do best, and what we don't. Of course, that does not mean we stagnate into a museum or play safe. It just means we play smart. There are so many opportunities available to utilize our core assets, our brands and capabilities around the world. We must be completely informed and involved in the future, in new technologies that can help us maintain our leadership in creating and distributing and protecting our content. We must be prudent entrepreneurs and pragmatic capitalists. We must not forget that we are always singing and dancing "for our supper."
(via The Disney Blog) [Boing Boing]
1 comment:
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I think Eisner should step down immediately. I don't think he understands what Walt Disney was trying to do. He has lost his most creative people. He has reduced a creative endeavor into a profit and loss business. He has sucked all the profits out of the creative work that was done before he came. The magic is gone.
The longer he stays, the worse it will be for Disney.
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