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Disclosure
Shondaland created a Netflix-backed incubator to retain writers long-term
“We've really created, we were able to create a model in the beginning when we first got there to find a way to hold on to a series of our writers and to make it sort of a creative home for people to stay versus you know, you have to go away and take a deal her…”
Shonda Rhimes Dec 17, 2019 ▶ 32:28 Scaling Creativity with Marc Andreessen and Shonda Rimes
Insight
Promoting internal talent yields better showrunners and uncovers hidden creative talent
“I like to raise the people who are going to be our next group of writers, mainly because they already know how to do everything, but also because there's so many interesting people who come through who are the next great purveyors of ideas who sometimes get ov…”
Shonda Rhimes Dec 17, 2019 ▶ 11:55 Scaling Creativity with Marc Andreessen and Shonda Rimes
Opinion
Shonda Rhimes prioritizes creative output over elite pedigree when hiring talent
“For me, it's not about, you know, pedigree or any of that. It's about output.”
Shonda Rhimes Dec 17, 2019 ▶ 10:37 Scaling Creativity with Marc Andreessen and Shonda Rimes
Insight
Failing to delegate when scaling projects quickly flattens creative leaders
“You have to, you cannot do a job like that if you don't trust the people around you. Otherwise, you're gonna be trying to do everything, and that's gonna flatten you very quickly.”
Shonda Rhimes Dec 17, 2019 ▶ 8:24 Scaling Creativity with Marc Andreessen and Shonda Rimes
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