Bob iger. Stephanie and i started by asking him what he thinks about the concept of disruption. I get energized by disruption and i actually preach similar reaction at the company. I think disruption creates opportunity. While most people may look at disruption as a threat, again, its an energizing force and something we look at to take advantage of. And the other thing i like to preach all the time at disney is lets disrupt before were disrupted, so what are the things that we can do that disrupt our own Business Model . Because its inevitable so we might as well get ahead. Jack dorsey has been on your board, cheryl, been there for a long time. What do people bring to disney . Steve jobs before that actually. So we had some mighty disruptors on our board. First of all, i think boards in order to be effective need to have a diversity of opinion, diversity of background and voices. I think its really important both as the ceo but for shareholders as well. They bring a perspective that o
Carlos slim calls that warren buffett, saying he should put in his own money. It is not a matter of giving. Tonight were taking the fight to hackers. And former Homeland Security secretary shows how he is battling cyberattacks with a new kind of insurance for companies. There is brand risk, reputation risk, so you need to look at this not as a technology problem, you need to look at it as is this risk Business Risk. They are partnering with a London Syndicate to provide security to mitigate cyber risk. In big business, global cyber activity is estimated to create annual losses of 300 billion to one trillion u. S. Dollars. I asked him what the future holds in cyber security. Step back for just a moment and assess the current threat for big businesses such as financial institutions. Well cover jpmorgan and the loss of 76 million households. Their information has been compromised. It is interesting you raise this issue because the actors are pretty much the same. China, russia, iran, you
Here in san francisco. On the list are the most nfluential people in technology, media, finance, politics, and more. One of the big names, disneys bob iger. Stephanie and i started by asking him what he thinks about the concept of disruption. I get energized by disruption and i actually preach similar reaction at the company. I think disruption creates opportunity. While most people may look at disruption as a threat, again, its an energizing force and something we look at to take advantage of. And the other thing i like to preach all the time at disney is lets disrupt before were disrupted, so what are the things that we can do that disrupt our own Business Model . Because its inevitable so we might as well get ahead. Jack dorsey has been on your board, cheryl, been there for a long time. What do people bring to disney . Steve jobs before that actually. So we had some mighty disruptors on our board. First of all, i think boards in order to be effective need to have a diversity of opin
President of american for tax reform says americans are tired of the irs and our tax system. And on American History tv on cspan 3 on lectures and history university of texas has changed from the reconstruction error to present. And remembering the 150th anniversary of the con federate surrender and the end thof civil war. She and now viewers question are answered for three hours. He is a former chair of cnn and the editor of time and severs as ceo of the Aspen Institute and chair of the board of governors. Host what is the link between ben Franklin Steve jobs and others . Guest theyre all Creative Minds and that Creative Minds and that interested me throughout interested me a lot of people my career. A lot of people write write about sports heroes about sports heroes or or literary literary figures, but to me figures, but to me its people who its people who can can combine different discipline combine different discipline like the arts like the arts and sciences, and sciences, the way
Discipline like the arts and sciences, the way ben franklin did, the way ada lovelace did and Albert Einstein. We talk about innovations so often, its almost drained of its meaning, and ive always liked to write about real people who are in a situation whether it whether it be after world war ii when you have to create a whole new world order like the world bank and the Marshall Plan or steve jobs who says okay we are now in a digital revolution and have to make it personal. These are people who are able to think different and outofthebox. So i want to try to explore the creative mind and how it works. Host one of the themes in all of your her books seems to be the connection to spirituality. Everybody had written about the leaves believes whatever they did was part of something larger than themselves. I remember sitting with steve jobs at the end of his life and i asked him why did you do what you do, what was the meaning and he said life is like a river. You get to pick things out of