Nigel Simpson, former influential technologist at The Walt Disney Company, joins us for a conversation about how he used his ten-year role to make strategic shifts in company policy to empower collaboration and enable innovation. We discuss what did and didn't work at Disney, the power of open source, and what it means to be a technology rebel.
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Nigel has a background in engineering and computer science
At the beginning of his career, he was building technical roadmaps at Sun Microsystems
During his ten year stint at Disney, he spent a considerable chunk of his career shaking things up.
Nigel impacted the way Disney understands and approaches innovation today.
Andrew asks if Disney is truly an innovative company.
Nigel says that whether the efforts were initially successful or not, Disney certainly put forth all manner of attempts to get a leash on (or rather build a springboard for) innovation.
“[Disney] was founded on innovation... Walt Disney was sort of a rebel.”
NIGEL SIMPSONformer influential technologist at The Walt Disney Company
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