Book

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

From a co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios—the Academy Award–winning studio behind Coco, Inside Out, and Toy Story—comes an incisive book about creativity in business and leadership for readers of Daniel Pink, Tom Peters, and Chip

(5 total)

Characters

Ed Catmull (5)Amy Wallace (4)Inc Amy. Creativity Wallace (1)

“What makes Pixar special is that we acknowledge we will always have problems, many of them hidden from our view; that we work hard to uncover these problems, even if doing so means making ourselves uncomfortable; and that, when we come across a problem, we marshal all of our energies to solve it.”

— Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace, amazon.com

Tagged: Pixar, Problems

“Find, develop, and support good people, and they in turn will find, develop, and own good ideas.”

— Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace, amazon.com

Tagged: Business, Good Ideas, Team Building

“Negative feedback may be fun, but it is far less brave than endorsing something unproven and providing room for it to grow.”

— Ed Catmull, Inc Amy. Creativity Wallace, amazon.com

Tagged: Negative Feedback, Criticism

“Management’s job is not to prevent risk but to build the ability to recover.”

— Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace, amazon.com

“I believe the best managers acknowledge and make room for what they do not know— not just because humility is a virtue but because until one adopts that mindset, the most striking breakthroughs cannot occur.”

— Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace, amazon.com

Tagged: Management, Business