Creativity, Inc. (Ed Catmull)

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Number of highlights: 10

Friday, August 27, 2021 12:12:36 AM

1. "“insanely great products” to explain what he believed in. Clearly,"

Friday, August 27, 2021 12:12:42 AM

2. "“insanely great products”"

Saturday, September 18, 2021 1:20:55 PM

3. "alabaster skin is famed throughout the land. He woos"

Thursday, August 26, 2021 11:46:04 PM

4. "They couldn’t have been less interested in making changes that would slow them down in the short term. They took comfort in their familiar ways, and change meant being uncomfortable. So when it came time to test our work, the editors refused to participate."

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 8:59:18 PM

5. "When someone had a problem, we wanted it to be brought quickly to the surface, not to fester. Most people know that they don’t get their way on everything, but it is very important that they know they are being dealt with straightforwardly and that they, too, will be heard."

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:33:30 PM

6. "If there is more truth in the hallways than in meetings, you have a problem."

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:37:36 PM

7. "Don’t wait for things to be perfect before you share them with others. Show early and show often. It’ll be pretty when we get there, but it won’t be pretty along the way. And that’s as it should be."

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:37:55 PM

8. "A company’s communication structure should not mirror its organizational structure. Everybody should be able to talk to anybody."

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:38:23 PM

9. "Be wary of making too many rules. Rules can simplify life for managers, but they can be demeaning to the 95 percent who behave well. Don’t create rules to rein in the other 5 percent—address abuses of common sense individually. This is more work but ultimately healthier."

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:41:03 PM

10. "The healthiest organizations are made up of departments whose agendas differ but whose goals are interdependent. If one agenda wins, we all lose."