How Disney’s Philosophy on Failure Drives Growth

“I have always tried to make everyone aware that failure is not a corporate death sentence,” says former Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Here are some of the biggest failures Disney has experienced in the last 20 years — and how the entertainment giant has bounced back.

By Scott Kirsner · January 27, 2020 · 1 min read

Disney is a company that has always sought growth in new places — from television to theme parks to the Internet. But on its journey from a startup (1923) to a public company with a $260 billion market cap (2020), it has failed more than a few times. And almost every failure…