Practical Pop Culture: What Gaston Can Teach You About Company Values

Dean Daacon
4 min readAug 9, 2018
By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53228227

An actor in Orlando, playing Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, can teach you a lot about how your organization should operate.

We’ll start with 2 videos of guests at a Disney Park interacting with Gaston. In the 1st video, he gets schooled by a young girl defending Belle and her right to marry a hairy hermit.

In the 2nd video, he redeems himself through a push-up contest with a gentleman who clearly forgot the lyrics to “Gaston”.

These videos show an important rule all organizations should follow — you can create a great experience for your customers if your team knows your organization’s values. Whether you work in a restaurant, a retail store, or an amusement park, you have customers. Your organization’s values determine the experience your customers…

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