Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
The first two steps of CODE, Capture and Organize, make up divergence. They are about gathering seeds of imagination carried on the wind and storing them in a secure place. This is where you research, explore, and add ideas. The final two steps, Distill and Express, are about convergence. They help us shut the door to new ideas and begin
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The Braintrust, as conceived by Pixar, is a group of experienced, trusted colleagues who gather periodically to review a project in development. Its primary purpose is to provide honest, constructive feedback to help improve the project.
Key aspects of the Braintrust include:
1. Candid feedback: Members are encouraged to speak openly and honestly
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Chapter 5
before you can think out of the box,
you have to start with a box
Everyone has his or her own organizational system. Mine is a box, the kind you can buy at Office Depot for transferring files.
I start every dance with a box. I write the project name on the box, and as the piece progresses I fill it up with
... See moreWhether my creative ideas are rooted in an immediate context window or not a box is required. my head is also a box, but not a good one at storing ideas
I will teach you how to create a system of knowledge management, or a “Second Brain.”* Whether you call it a “personal cloud,” “field notes,” or an “external brain” as some of my students have done, it is a digital archive of your most valuable memories, ideas, and knowledge to help you do your job, run your business, and manage your life without
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TO UNDERSTAND WHAT the Braintrust does and why it is so central to Pixar, you have to start with a basic truth: People who take on complicated creative projects become lost at some point in the process. It is the nature of things—in order to create, you must internalize and almost become the project for a while, and that near-fusing with the
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