{"id":21425,"date":"2021-01-07T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T02:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=21425"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:06:50","slug":"creativity-inc-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/creativity-inc-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity, Inc. Book: The Story of Pixar&#8217;s Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the <em>Creativity, Inc.<\/em> book about? What lessons does Ed Catmull share from his experience leading Pixar?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Creativity, Inc.<\/em> book is the story of Pixar&#8217;s journey as a part of Lucasfilm to its growth as an independent company, and culminating with it becoming part of Disney. The book also shares the model for Pixar&#8217;s success as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/creative-workplace\/\">creative workplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about the <em>Creativity, Inc.<\/em> book and the lessons it offers for businesses built on creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/hub\/professional\/success-guide\/\">Shortform\u2019s guide to success<\/a>. If you like what you read here, there\u2019s plenty more to check out in the guide!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overview-of-the-creativity-inc-book\">Overview of the <em>Creativity, Inc.<\/em> Book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When Ed Catmull, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/pixar-founder\/\">co-founder of Pixar<\/a> Animation Studios, started his career, he had one goal: Create films using computer-generated animation.<\/strong> Despite a multitude of challenges, Catmull worked tirelessly to advance the technology of computer animation and, eventually, co-founded Pixar to marry his love of animation with his expertise in computer technology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the journey of Pixar\u2019s creation, Catmull developed leadership strategies that fostered creativity in the workplace while ensuring that the company remained profitable and successful. <strong>In the <em>Creativity, Inc.<\/em> book, Catmull breaks down the most important factors in building and sustaining a creative culture. <\/strong>From removing fear from failure and protecting new ideas, Catmull explains the ways Pixar\u2019s creative culture allowed it to grow into the animation behemoth it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-supporting-a-creative-team\"><strong>Supporting a Creative Team<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As Pixar solidified itself as a premier animation studio, Catmull discovered the keys that made his company stand out from the rest. He shared these keys in the <em>Creativity, Inc.<\/em> book:<strong> promoting candor in the workplace, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/embracing-failure\/\">embracing failure<\/a>, and protecting new ideas.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-promoting-candor\"><strong>Promoting Candor<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Candor is willingness to be forthright about issues, concerns, ideas, and anything else on your mind. <\/strong>Candor allows teams to get straightforward feedback to improve their final product. This helps employees find flaws that they may have been blind to and get suggestions to move forward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To make employees feel comfortable sharing their opinions, develop a judgment-free environment that allows employees to speak up.<\/strong> At Pixar, Catmull used Braintrust Meetings, where members of Pixar sat down to watch reels and discuss issues with a project\u2019s creative team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To develop a respectful and comfortable feedback session, follow these tips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Involve people from different departments. <\/strong>This will introduce a variety of perspectives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Promote the use of \u201cgood notes,\u201d<\/strong> which expose a flaw without attacking the person, being insulting, or making a demand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In meetings, don&#8217;t abuse your higher position. <\/strong>Don\u2019t make demands of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/creative-teams\/\">creative teams<\/a>. Instead, offer suggestions on ways to move forward and allow the head of a project to find the best way to implement feedback.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-embracing-failure\"><strong>Embracing Failure<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Failure is essential to a creative workplace.<\/strong> Without it, you can\u2019t discover or foster new ideas because innovation requires risk. If you don\u2019t take risks, your final product will likely be unoriginal. However, failure is hard to embrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As a leader, you can take the stigma out of failure by admitting your <\/strong><strong><em>own<\/em><\/strong><strong> failures.<\/strong> Explain what you learned from them, and how you moved forward. This will help your employees embrace and learn from their own failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Failure has two parts: the failure itself and how you respond to it.<\/strong> If you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/learn-from-your-mistakes\/\">learn from your mistakes<\/a>, it can help you grow and develop. Taking the time to analyze why you failed allows you to avoid similar mistakes in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-knowing-when-to-let-go\">Knowing When to Let Go<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>While failure is a necessary element of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/creative-success\/\">creative success<\/a>, consistent failure can destroy a project or organization.<\/strong> If a team doesn\u2019t seem to be learning from their mistakes, you will eventually have to pull the plug on a project or remove the people who aren\u2019t growing. If this happens, take the time to analyze why this project or person failed to learn from their mistakes. This will give you insight when it comes time to start a new project or hire a new team member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-protecting-new-ideas\"><strong>Protecting New Ideas<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>When searching for a new concept to work with, it&#8217;s easy to look for flaws that can lead you to abandon or dismiss a project. While critique and feedback are essential to growth, <strong>the best way to find a new project is to look for what makes it exciting instead of what makes it problematic. <\/strong>It can be risky to endorse an unproven idea, but, often, those are the projects that produce the best results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When these new concepts are introduced, they\u2019re often messy and incomplete. In this state, it\u2019s easy to pass judgment on them then toss them aside. However, as a leader in a creative organization, <strong>it&#8217;s your job to protect and nurture these concepts until they grow into fully-fledged creations.<\/strong> New ideas are risky and messy because of their originality, but that\u2019s what gives them the potential to become spectacular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-finding-balance\">Finding Balance<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In a creative company, you have to balance the need to innovate with the need to produce. <\/strong>There isn\u2019t one clear-cut way to ensure balance in your organization. However, one rule-of-thumb may help: <strong>Don\u2019t let one team or person get everything they want.<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each department in your organization wants different things. <strong>These \u201cwants\u201d sometimes conflict with one another but also help keep teams in check.<\/strong> If one team gets everything that they want, it throws the company out of balance. For example, if you&#8217;re leading a film studio, giving the creative team everything they want may lead to a bloated and over-budget film that\u2019s too niche to sell. On the other hand, giving the marketing team everything they want may lead to an unoriginal and predictable film that appeals to the lowest common denominator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eight-tools-from-the-creativity-inc-book\"><strong>Eight Tools From the <em>Creativity, Inc.<\/em> <\/strong>Book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>People\u2019s perspective on the world often distorts what\u2019s right in front of them. <strong>In regards to creativity, this limited perspective often leads to inflexibility.<\/strong> People become convinced that their perspective is the correct perspective, and they ignore new information that contradicts their view. When you get together a team of dozens or hundreds of people, this inflexibility can stall a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-creative-process-2\/\">creative process<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To ensure that your team doesn\u2019t fall into this inflexibility, create opportunities for them to expand their worldview and interact with people who have different perspectives.<\/strong> The following are eight tools from the <em>Creativity, Inc.<\/em> book that you can use to help your team maintain their creative spark and challenge their own perspectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hold Frequent Feedback Meetings.<\/strong> These sessions allow your team members to get different perspectives on the work that they&#8217;re doing. This prevents your employees from becoming overly committed to their work and allows them to solve problems collaboratively. Frequent feedback also allows your team to fix potential problems early on instead of after they\u2019ve put dozens or hundreds of hours into a project.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Promote Research. <\/strong>Research is essential to creation.<strong> <\/strong>Learning more about the subject of your creative project enables you to produce a more realistic product. For example, if you want to create a film about living with a dog, you would need to understand what it\u2019s like to have a pet. If you haven\u2019t researched the topic or had any experiences with a pet, your film probably won\u2019t be accurate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Create Clear Boundaries. <\/strong>Though it may seem counterintuitive, creating boundaries for your teams can actually promote creativity in addition to efficiency. It forces them to approach challenges in a unique way and focus on the most important elements of the project. In fact, creative solutions can actually produce stronger results than the initial plan.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Combine Art with Technology. <\/strong>Technology can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/inspire-creativity\/\">inspire creativity<\/a>.<strong> <\/strong>As technology continues to improve, artists can develop projects in a wholly original way. For example, Pixar used new computer technologies to create films unlike anything anyone had ever seen before.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Create an Experimental Space. <\/strong>Experimental projects give you a space to take risks without the pressure of making a profit. They allow your organization to explore new ideas, find better ways of working, and give employees with potential more experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Put Aside Your Preconceived Notions. <\/strong>The human brain likes to simplify our surroundings so that they\u2019re easier to process. However, this simplification leads people to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-not-jump-to-conclusions\/\">jump to conclusions<\/a> that aren\u2019t entirely accurate. For example, when an artist learns to pay attention to the details of an object, they have to let go of any preconceived notions they may have about the subject. Rather than just painting a lake blue, they become attuned to the small flecks of green, yellow, and white that reflect off of the top of a river. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/focus-on-the-details\/\">attention to detail<\/a> allows them to create a more fully realized version of their surroundings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Use Postmortems. <\/strong>Postmortems are meetings that occur after a project is completed in which you discuss the process as a whole<strong>.<\/strong> This allows you and your team to speak out about what\u2019s working and what\u2019s not. 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