“Our job as managers in creative environments is to protect new ideas from those who don't understand that in order for greatness to emerge, there must be phases of not-so-greatness. Protect the future, not the past.”
More from Ed Catmull
“What makes Pixar special is that we acknowledge we will always have problems, many of them…”
“Find, develop, and support good people, and they in turn will find, develop, and own good…”
“Negative feedback may be fun, but it is far less brave than endorsing something unproven…”
“Management’s job is not to prevent risk but to build the ability to recover.”