The Importance of Listening to Feedback

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"Peer pirates" is a clever way to bring people together, says director Ed Wood. "I think one of the most important things is it's just accepted that they're seeing things and they need to be heard," he adds. The more you can articulate the underlying emotional reason for something, I think the more helpful those things are if people understand that."

As they dreamed up iconic characters like Buzz and Woody, Pixar reinvented how animated movies are made. But first, they had to build a culture to make this magic possible. Pixar's co-founder and longtime president Ed Catmull and Oscar-winning Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter talk with Adam about how to spark and sustain creative collaboration. They also reveal the secret to great storytelling, discuss how to maintain and evolve a vision, and reflect on the lessons learned from working closely with the ever-enigmatic Steve Jobs. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts