The Tim Ferriss Show

Ep 22: Ed Catmull, President of Pixar, on Steve Jobs, Stories, and Lessons Learned

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Aug 12, 2014
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ANECDOTE

Personal Loss Post-IPO

  • Ed Catmull felt a personal loss after Pixar's IPO despite success, reflecting on individual contribution versus collective effort.
  • He concluded the desire to separate individual credit is misleading due to complex interconnected contributions in any enterprise.
INSIGHT

Storytelling Connects and Teaches

  • Storytelling is the fundamental way humans communicate complex ideas and experiences.
  • Storytelling combines personal experience and communal mythology to navigate and understand challenges together.
ADVICE

Use Real Crises to Unite Teams

  • Genuine crises in creative work should arise organically from real challenges, not be artificially created.
  • Use real problems as opportunities to unite the team and improve processes collectively.
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