I’m particularly struck by Byron’s focus on speed—on zipping through complex problems of logic and storytelling—because it reminds me of what Andrew Stanton says about being a director. I’ve told you...
Getting the team right is the necessary precursor to getting the ideas right.
Fear makes people reach for certainty and stability, neither of which guarantee the safety they imply.
Ese fue mi primer encuentro con un fenómeno que iba a comprobar una y otra vez a lo largo de mi carrera: por más cuidado que pongas en lo artístico, la elegancia visual carece de importancia si estás...
Believe me, you don’t want to be at a company where there is more candor in the hallways than in the rooms where fundamental ideas or matters of policy are being hashed out.
The process of coming to clarity takes patience and candor. In
Measure what you can, evaluate what you measure, and appreciate that you cannot measure the vast majority of what you do. And at least every once in a while, make time to take a step back and think ab...
In the weeks after Notes Day, we implemented four good ideas, committed to five more, and earmarked still a dozen more for continued development. All of them stood to improve either our processes, our...
In graduate school, I’d quietly set a goal of making the first computer-animated feature film, and I’d worked tirelessly for twenty years to accomplish it.
A lively debate in a Braintrust meeting is not being waged in the hopes of any one person winning the day. To the extent there is argument, it seeks only to excavate the truth.