We start from the presumption that our people are talented and want to contribute. We accept that, without … - Edwin Catmull

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His dad said even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel.

Edwin Catmull

We start from the presumption that our people are talented and want to contribute. We accept that, without meaning to, our company is stifling that talent in myriad unseen ways. Finally, we try to identify those impediments and fix them.

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If everyone is trying to prevent error, it screws things up.

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If you give a good idea to a mediocre group, they'll screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a good group, they'll fix it. Or they'll throw it away and come up with something else.

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Creativity doesn't follow titles. It just comes from where it comes from.

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Art isn't about drawing; it's about learning to see. What organization doesn't need this ability?

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You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you will take offense when they are challenged.

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Talk of belief in these animals is not some kind of anthropomorphism. We simply cannot explain the kinds of problem solving and behavioral sophistication some species exhibit without supposing that they have genuine beliefs. But once these ethologists finish making the case for animal belief, they quickly move to talk of animal knowledge as well. What I argue is that this is not a mere façon de parler.

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