Tricia Cerrone

And in doing that, working a lot in the interactive world, it led me to Disney, where I spent most of my career. I had an amazing career at Disney, and I really got to do everything I wanted to do. My sweet spot was always in innovation and coming up with new ideas.

And in doing that, working a lot in the interactive world, it led me to Disney, where I spent most of my career. I had an amazing career at Disney, and I really got to do everything I wanted to do. My sweet spot was always in innovation and coming up with new ideas.

I was able to lead our Blue Sky studio for four years and just come up with ideas with the teams there for retail and brides and restaurants and all sorts of things, and I really loved it. But I also was really good at teaching other people how to develop ideas and design and innovate.

I was able to lead our Blue Sky studio for four years and just come up with ideas with the teams there for retail and brides and restaurants and all sorts of things, and I really loved it. But I also was really good at teaching other people how to develop ideas and design and innovate.

That's what led me in my career to start doing a lot of the talent development, which my leader then hooked me up with Edward down the road. And that's really how we ended up meeting.

That's what led me in my career to start doing a lot of the talent development, which my leader then hooked me up with Edward down the road. And that's really how we ended up meeting.

my side of the story. I get invited to a meeting in my leader's office and Edward is sitting on the sofa and I'm asked to sit next to him. And then our leader says, we have this initiative. I want you to collaborate. And he's grinning like it was the best idea he ever came up with. And in my mind, I'm sitting there going, What just happened? There's so many problems with this.

my side of the story. I get invited to a meeting in my leader's office and Edward is sitting on the sofa and I'm asked to sit next to him. And then our leader says, we have this initiative. I want you to collaborate. And he's grinning like it was the best idea he ever came up with. And in my mind, I'm sitting there going, What just happened? There's so many problems with this.

People don't collaborate in leadership, not the way you think. I could see all the barriers to us being successful and succeeding in this project. I thought the project was really important, but I also knew this had been assigned to Edward. And if I jump in, it'll look like I'm taking over the project and all this other stuff. Our leader was just like, he was just happy to have us there.

People don't collaborate in leadership, not the way you think. I could see all the barriers to us being successful and succeeding in this project. I thought the project was really important, but I also knew this had been assigned to Edward. And if I jump in, it'll look like I'm taking over the project and all this other stuff. Our leader was just like, he was just happy to have us there.

You guys will figure it out. And so we left. I was thinking, okay, so he wants us to co-lead and all the problems with that. We are a matrix organization. So he reports up to a different leader and I report to a different leader. And you definitely don't want one leader to have more information than the other.

You guys will figure it out. And so we left. I was thinking, okay, so he wants us to co-lead and all the problems with that. We are a matrix organization. So he reports up to a different leader and I report to a different leader. And you definitely don't want one leader to have more information than the other.

earlier than the other so there was going to be politics involved there would be how do we manage the same team and they don't go to one person or the other and say he said I could do this or she said I could do this there's all those issues and then there's just like communication and agreeing on a direction that you want to go and at the end of the day if something goes wrong who is accountable so I had all these things going through my head when Edward invited me to

earlier than the other so there was going to be politics involved there would be how do we manage the same team and they don't go to one person or the other and say he said I could do this or she said I could do this there's all those issues and then there's just like communication and agreeing on a direction that you want to go and at the end of the day if something goes wrong who is accountable so I had all these things going through my head when Edward invited me to

a coffee for us to talk through what the project needed first and how we were going to do it. I wasn't all gung ho, like this is gonna be awesome, but I was at least 13 for, okay, what do I know about this new guy? And I had met with Edward a couple times. I had been in his office and he was like one of the most helpful HR people that I had ever experienced.

a coffee for us to talk through what the project needed first and how we were going to do it. I wasn't all gung ho, like this is gonna be awesome, but I was at least 13 for, okay, what do I know about this new guy? And I had met with Edward a couple times. I had been in his office and he was like one of the most helpful HR people that I had ever experienced.

So in 30 minutes, he gave me a plan that was gonna help me with an initiative I was working on. And there was innovation books on his desk. So I'm like, okay, he can't be that bad. We have some common interests there. There's a lot of savants and passionate people at Imaginary. So corralling a group of us is not an easy thing.

So in 30 minutes, he gave me a plan that was gonna help me with an initiative I was working on. And there was innovation books on his desk. So I'm like, okay, he can't be that bad. We have some common interests there. There's a lot of savants and passionate people at Imaginary. So corralling a group of us is not an easy thing.

And I was in a session where he went leading some development and I was like, oh my gosh, they're gonna just run him over. But he managed to get everyone on track. So I had those two positive experiences, but I still felt like we're really different people in terms of our personality and our background and so many other things.

And I was in a session where he went leading some development and I was like, oh my gosh, they're gonna just run him over. But he managed to get everyone on track. So I had those two positive experiences, but I still felt like we're really different people in terms of our personality and our background and so many other things.