{"id":20401,"date":"2020-08-07T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=20401"},"modified":"2020-09-08T16:30:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T20:30:37","slug":"talk-what-can-walt-disney-teach-us-about-sustainable-solutions","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/event\/talk-what-can-walt-disney-teach-us-about-sustainable-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk – What Can Walt Disney Teach Us 91르적 Sustainable Solutions?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form<\/a> to receive the Zoom connection information.<\/p>\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Susanne Lee<\/a>, Faculty Fellow, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, 91르적
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\"MickeyWalt Disney was one of the world\u2019s great problem solvers. He oversaw the creation of some of the most sustainable entertainment solutions – beloved characters, music, films and theme parks – which have a timeless\u00a0appeal\u00a0across cultures and generations.\u00a0The driving force behind Walt\u2019s success was an optimism that things could be done better – \u201call our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Disney was not just dreamer, he understood that solutions are complex and you need to \u201cwork at it until it\u2019s done right.\u201d In this lifetime, Walt pioneered several achievements in animation \u2013 including the first full-length animated film – and with his Imagineering team, he developed audio-animatronics bringing people and characters to life. He holds the record for most Academy Awards\u00a0earned by an individual with 22 Oscars among other honors. So, what can Walt Disney\u2019s problem-solving approach teach us about sustainability solutions?<\/p>\n

In her talk, Susanne will discuss Walt Disney\u2019s approach to creating sustainable solutions including the use of highly talented yet diverse teams, understanding your audience\u2019s needs, engaging young minds in the work, setting the highest standards, and learning from inevitable mistakes. She will use examples of how this approach led to long-term solutions in entertainment \u2013 full-length, animated feature films and engaging, theme parks for children of all ages. Susanne will also highlight how these Disney tenets align with the Mitchell Center approach that her teams are using to develop sustainability solutions for food waste management in Maine.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomehow I can\u2019t believe that there are any heights that can\u2019t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Walt Disney<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"SusanneSusanne Lee<\/a> is an entrepreneurial senior executive who has created, launched and operated successful multi-million-dollar consumer products brands and businesses with large Fortune 100 companies as well as with lean start-up teams. She specializes in strategic solutions, P&L management, brand marketing, consumer insights, business development, product design and manufacturing, licensing and merchandising, and effective team-building.<\/p>\n

Susanne worked for nearly a decade at the Walt Disney Company at the Studios in Burbank, California. She was fortunate to work on film, TV, and theme park projects with Roy Disney (Walt’s nephew) as well as some of Disney’s “Nine Old Men”, the original animators and imagineers who worked with Walt. Creating Disney’s own line of collector products, Susanne learned firsthand about the Disney approach to problem-solving.<\/p>\n

Susanne was formerly the Executive-in-Residence at the Maine Business School (MBS) where she utilized her business management and marketing background to bring a \u201creal-world\u201d component to student courses and experiential learning opportunities. She built bridges between 91르적 students and leading Maine-based businesses with the goal of engaging Maine\u2019s employers in student programs to make 91르적 students \u201cwork-ready\u201d and help support sustainable economic growth for Maine.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Susanne was awarded a Mitchell Center grant to fund a multidisciplinary student research project identifying sustainable food waste solutions for Maine businesses<\/a> bringing a real-world \u201csustainable business\u201d opportunity to the Maine Business School.<\/p>\n

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