Ed Catmull, Pixar: Keep Your Crises Small
Stanford Graduate School of Business · ★ Dr. Daniels Hall of Fame
Why it's in the Hall of Fame: Problems are normal. Leaders keep them small, surface them early, and protect the people who find them.
Why leaders watch it
Pixar co-founder on surfacing problems early, building good teams over good ideas, and running candid creative reviews.
Ed Catmull of Pixar speaks at Stanford's 2007 Entrepreneurship Conference on running a creative company. He argues for surfacing small problems early and building good teams, with stories like the Toy Story 2 crunch.
Takeaways
- Surface small problems before they become crises
- Good teams matter more than good ideas
- Use candid peer reviews to improve work
Topics: Culture & values, Innovation & creativity
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