Respect, but don’t revere the past
Iger is the head of a company that has been around since 1923. That’s quite a legacy. And while he’ll happily listen to 22 hours of Walt himself sitting for an interview, he tries not to hold onto the past and instead, keeps his focus on moving the company forward.
“There’s a lot that happened in the past and there are values that can be carried forward,” says Iger. “But I’m trying to pull from that a formula that can be applied to the future.”