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DrumTastik
05-24-2007, 03:39 PM
The following information was posted on a very good Imangineering Blog (Re-Imagineering), and could cast good fortune to the future of WDI...

"With the recent news from Glendale last Tuesday, May 15th, Re-Imagineering may have the most compelling reason to shut its doors to date.

• Former Research and Development Vice President Bruce Vaughn just grabbed the reigns from previous Chief Creative Executive Tom Fitzgerald.

• Former Vice President of Environmental Design and Show Engineering Craig Russell is now Chief Design and Delivery Executive at WDI.

• Former WDI President Don Goodman moves out of WDI and into his new role as executive Vice President for resort development. As Bruce and Craig collectively fill his shoes, there will be no President title moving forward."

This could mean good news for the likes of Joe Rhode and company, as they will now report directly to Bruce Vaughn. The significant change here being that creative projects could now be pitched directly to those with the power to approve, bypassing the managerial bean counters that stood in the way before.

The blog continues with...

"As the days progress look for more restructuring at Imagineering. As Bruce has made clear his feeling that many in creative have been miscast, you can bet that more internal re-org memos will be hitting the inboxes at WDI for a while. And with them a much needed boost to morale at 1401 Flower.

Perhaps it is a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow after all!"