Founder connections
- Demis HassabisPraised; used to think about research organizationHassabis calls the Pixar book brilliant while discussing ideas from other creative companies that might inform scientific work. He does not identify an edition. This registry uses the later expanded edition; the statement does not prove he read that edition.Source
Summary
Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace examine how a creative company can keep improving as it grows. Catmull draws on Pixar’s development and his work in animation leadership to explain the habits, review processes and working conditions behind its films. The book considers team quality, communication, risk and the ways fear can block useful feedback. It connects a long effort to make computer-animated features with the daily work of managing people whose ideas are still taking shape. This expanded edition revisits the 2014 book with a new introduction, two new chapters, four chapter postscripts and updates throughout, adding later reflections on sustaining a creative culture through change.
Why read it Our view
Useful for leaders whose teams must develop ideas before their value is clear. Read for the design of feedback, the effect of rank on communication and the work needed to keep a growing organization open to change.
Written about
- Ed CatmullCo-author with Amy WallaceThe 2023 expanded edition of Catmull’s account of creative leadership at Pixar. The publisher names Amy Wallace and identifies new chapters, postscripts and other updates. This is authorship, not a reading recommendation.Source