Creativity, Inc. : overcoming the unseen forces that stand in the way of true inspiration /

"In 1986, Ed Catmull co-founded Pixar, a modest start-up with an immodest goal: to make the first-ever computer animated movie. Nine years later, Pixar released Toy Story, which went on to revolutionize the industry, gross $360 million, and establish Pixar as one of the most successful, innovat...

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Main Authors: Catmull, Edwin E. (Author), Wallace, Amy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a Introduction: Lost and found -- Getting started. Animated ; Pixar is born ; A defining goal ; Establishing Pixar's identity -- Protecting the new. Honesty and candor ; Fear and failure ; The hungry beast and the ugly baby ; Change and randomness ; The hidden -- Building and sustaining. Broadening our view ; The unmade future -- Testing what we know. A new challenge ; Notes day -- Afterword: The Steve we knew -- Starting points: Thoughts for managing a creative culture. 
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