Disney Driven Development - Keynote
summary
Disney’s method reduces culture to five practical levers: five keys — safety, courtesy, inclusion, efficiency, show — with concrete tactics: hidden lightning rods and trash cans every 30 steps, evacuation drills, single‑rider queues, AVAC trash tunnels, DAS for accessibility, onboarding checklists, blameless retros, and hiring pipelines that shouldn’t take six weeks. Teams get clear metrics to change: slow CI, long hiring, unclear docs — fix the bottleneck, automate the routine, add small delights like themed shirts or Pepper’s ghost‑style surprises to make work memorable.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Disney Driven Development intro
- 4:20Disney's magic behind scenes
- 7:29Safety in engineering teams
- 15:41Making teams feel valued
- 22:20Embracing differences for inclusion
- 29:00Designing efficient workflows
- 37:20Creating memorable moments
- 45:50Closing thoughts on team experience
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