Katelin Holloway, founding partner at Seven Seven Six and former Pixar employee, recalls working with Steve Jobs during the architectural design of Pixar's headquarters in Emeryville.
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“When we redesigned our studio in Emeryville, he was there every day. He took each one of our senior leaders, and he took them to the middle of the studio. This was the heartbeat of our studio, the common area. He pointed up and he said, see all of these windows? See all of those rooms with the windows? They're all looking down on this space, because I never want you to be having a meeting in a conference room, making decisions without looking at the people that's going to impact.”
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