How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity
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How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull • 2 highlights
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Ed Catmull , cofounder of Pixar, on how they make great movies:
“Initially, the films we put together, they're a mess. It's like everything else in life—the first time you do it, it's a mess. Sometimes it's labeled ... “a failure” ... but that's not even the right word to use. It's just like, you get the first one out, you learn from it, and the onl... See more
“Initially, the films we put together, they're a mess. It's like everything else in life—the first time you do it, it's a mess. Sometimes it's labeled ... “a failure” ... but that's not even the right word to use. It's just like, you get the first one out, you learn from it, and the onl... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: A Brief Guide to Leadership, and When to Value Feedback | James Clear
IN THE VERY early days of Pixar, John, Andrew, Pete, Lee, and Joe made a promise to one another. No matter what happened, they would always tell each other the truth. They did this because they recognized how important and rare candid feedback is and how, without it, our films would suffer. Then and now, the term we use to describe this kind of con
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create a Braintrust. Every creative person, no matter their field, can draft into service those around them who exhibit the right mixture of intelligence, insight, and grace. “You can and should make your own solution group,” Andrew Stanton says, adding that on each of his own films, he has made a point of doing this on a smaller scale, separate fr
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