Leadership Lessons from Pixar

http://jasonevanish.com/2011/05/15/leadership-lessons-from-pixar/

1) Collaboration and spontaneity matters
2) Openness to criticism and feedback is essential
3) Celebrate real success
4) Take bold chances
5) Push the Limits
6) Never Settle
7) Be your own best customer
8) Your competition doesn’t understand your value prop
9) Empower your people to have control of their work
10) Overnight successes are far from overnight




A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios – from the success of “Toy Story” and Pixar’s promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company’s relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity share the screen in equal proportions