The creative power of misfits
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The creative power of misfits
good folks are pushing hard across the entire range of human endeavors to find new ways to see, better ways to work. Yet I’ve also heard from these same people, time and again, how hard it is to break out of the professional constraints of convention, common practice and assumed continuity. How hard it is to get those with assets and authority to
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If you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they’ll screw it up." he says. "But if you give a mediocre idea to a great team, they’ll make it work."
The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius
A discussion of a creative company's core philosophies, including having an adversary and preventing production constraints from limiting ideas.
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We talked about this a little bit, but if you don't have an antagonist, do you have a point and always punch something? Never punch down. Yeah. Yeah. Continues to be true to this day. Super important. I love the always punch something, never punch down is a really good framework. But sometimes punch sideways. Like it can happen. That okay that
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