Visionary organizations

- [Narrator] Blink number six. … The visionary organizations are almost cult-like. … New recruits either thrive or leave. … Visionary organizations pursue their core ideology … so single-mindedly that their corporate cultures … are almost cult-like. … For example, new employees quickly find themselves … socializing primarily with their colleagues … and they are encouraged to be secretive … about the inner workings of their companies. … Employees often become completely immersed … in the core ideology. … Consider IBM, for example, … where future managers in training would rise … and sing songs from an IBM song book. … ♪ Mark Job with IBM ♪ … ♪ Work hard hand in hand ♪ … Similarly, the Walt Disney Company expected its employees … to live and breathe its core ideology … of wholesome family fun. … For example, men with facial hair were not accepted … as employees in theme parks … and anyone heard uttering a four letter word … in the presence of Walt Disney himself … was fired immediately, no exceptions. …