Ed Catmull: Creativity, Inc. [Entire Talk]

Stanford eCorner

Why leaders watch it

How a Pixar founder manages creativity, candor and failure at scale.

Ed Catmull, president of Pixar and Disney Animation, shares lessons from Creativity, Inc. at Stanford eCorner. He discusses building a creative culture.

Takeaways

• Protect new ideas
• Candor in Braintrust
• Fear of failure stifles creativity

Topics: Innovation & creativity, Culture & values

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