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Ed Catmull, Pixar: Keep Your Crises Small

Stanford Graduate School of Business · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Repeatedly called one of the most useful talks on building organizations and managing creative teams.

  • 9 people recommended it
  • 10 different months
  • 5 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “fantastic business talk by Ed Catmull (pixar co-founder) at Stanford”

    Pixar co-founder's business talk at Stanford

    10ren, 2010-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Animating a Blockbuster: How Pixar Built Toy Story 3”

  2. “Here he is, giving a really good talk at Stanford Business School”

    Surface problems early rather than ship issues

    alexqgb, 2011-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Microsoft's office: Why insiders think top management has lost its way”

  3. “I highly recommend it, many gems from a brilliant developer turned brilliant manager.”

    Lecture with many gems from a developer turned manager

    henryprecheur, 2011-07 · Strong recommendation · in “A conversation with Ed Catmull”

  4. “It's a long talk by Ed Catmull, but I can't recommend it enough.”

    Pixar learned from its successes; Toy Story 2 crunch story

    pooriaazimi, 2012-11 · Strong recommendation · in “What they don't tell you about being a game developer”

  5. “one of the most useful talks of all time for building organizations is by Ed Catmull (of Pixar)”

    Very useful talk on building organizations

    danielvf, 2017-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are some 'must watch' talks?”

  6. “The entire video is worth watching”

    Successful films come from thousands of ideas and good teams

    panic, 2011-05 · Recommendation · in “Ideas Matter”

  7. “Long. Worth it.”

    Long talk on Pixar leadership

    6ren, 2013-05 · Recommendation · in “Inside Pixar's Leadership”

  8. “Ed Catmull presents it very well here”

    Catmull explains how success can hide problems

    bla2, 2016-10 · Recommendation · in “Google Canceled the Launch of a Robotic Arm”

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Topics: pixar, ed catmull, management, team building, creativity

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