You can’t improve what you don’t measure

Glacier Park Mountain Goat family
Glacier Natinal Park Mountain Goat family on Mt Oberlin trail, August 2018. The adult goat has a radio collar to track habits. Tracking habits helps improve wildlife behavior in heavy human exposure areas, like Glacier.

 

Three Mountain Goats on Mt Oberlin Trail from jeff noel on Vimeo.

 

You can’t improve what you don’t measure.

 

And, you must be vigilant in deciding what and how to measure.

Measuring customer satisfaction is dangerous.

Measuring customer love is harder, and exponentially better.

At Disney, we measure the four key drivers to Guest Satisfaction but only share the percent excellent with our Cast.

If we included all the “good” and “very good” ratings, we’d lull ourselves into a false belief that our Guests (and Cast) love us.

Good and very good aren’t good enough.

Not for love.

For love, your customers must feel some emotional connection and an undeniable commitment from your organization that they mean everything to you.

PS. To make our lives challenging, there are things that can be measured that don’t matter, and things that matter that can’t be measured. Satisfaction can be measured, love, not so much. Generally though, love can be measured by repeat visitation and intent to definitely recommend.

 

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Never being satisfied is great motivation to improve

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It’s not the Magic that makes it work, it’s the work that makes it Magic.

 

Never being satisfied is great motivation to improve.

We are never satisfied at Disney.

The night we opened Pandora-The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Cast Members in every business unit debriefed what went better than expected, what went the way we planned, and what went not as good as we planned.

Why?

Because in 12 hours when we open for the second day, we want to immediately test for solutions.

As the second day unfolds, we’ll be monitoring if our tweaks make it better, produce no change, or make things worse.

At the end of day two, we debrief again.

This literally never ends.

Insight: Having this world-class level of expectation can insidiously put a drag on completing seven Disney Business books.

 

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Access granted

Cove Cafe Disney Dream
Context to yesterday’s photos from Cove Cafe on the Disney Dream.

 

Knowing that i’ll be in Glacier National Park in a few days is surreal.

Why?

Because a few days ago we were on a Disney Cruise – unplanned and booked on short notice. Thank you Mickey Mouse for the Cast Member discounted rate.

Will this be my final Summer?

Will it be yours?

No one knows except for the most seriously (terminally) ill among us.

The simple 2009 act of creating a 10-year life plan has allowed a decision-making process and a surrendering process that i would never have been able to access.

 

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There’s an insane amount of lift with momentum

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Using portrait mode on iPhone. Red Jammer Bus from Glacier National Park. Portrait mode.

 

There’s an insane amount of lift with momentum.

Insane may be the wrong word here, but i’m using it anyway.

Why?

Because of the way it feels.

Insane.

Crazy.

And in my choice, the context is wicked good crazy.

Helpful.

Beneficial.

Game-changing.

That kind of insane.

The kind that serious momentum creates.

 

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Be careful with memories

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Surf and turf.

 

Logan Pass wildlife
Logan Pass Visitor Center parking lot at 6,643 feet.

 

Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.  – Cathy Allen

 

Enjoy the memories of the past, but don’t live there.

Adventure is out there.

So is paradise.

Keep moving forward.

PS. Today’s posts are in a weird space. We return to Orlando from a four-day Disney Cruise (in real time), and, as this posts live on September 23 i’ll be waking up in Glacier National Park for the first time on trip five.

 

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