Ed Catmull
14 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 14, 2026 by Ed Catmull · said 3 times in 2 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Jun 14, 2026
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Jun 14, 2026 negative
Corporate Leaders Mistake Sycophancy for Insight
“Every company says they do that. Most of them are full of shit, right? They, what they've got are people around them who are telling them what the leader wants to hear. And the leader thinks, because they're hearing what they want to hear, that they've got thi…”
Jun 14, 2026 positive
Jun 14, 2026 positive
Catmull: Steve Jobs did not believe Pixar's success was solely his doing
“No. I think some people think he did, and I, that was interesting there, but no, he didn't. He was very, we talked about this. He was very clear about it. Like any project, you know, when you work on something, there are a lot of people around that are working…”
Jun 14, 2026 neutral
Catmull: Pixar's Braintrust failed as an outside force but worked for problem-solving
“Now, ah, it was to replace what Tom Schumacher was doing. It didn't work. The problem was, they weren't outside. They're in the building, they're all the time, and they're always know what's going on. Ah, so the notion of them being on the outside isn't true. …”
Jun 14, 2026 positive
Catmull: Assuming you are wrong half the time accelerates mistake correction
“If I know that I'm wrong half the time, that I catch it earlier. I special, I spend less time on the wrong decision. So it looks like the ratio is different. The reality is, I'm just wrong half the time. I think it's important to think that way, and that allow…”
Jun 14, 2026 neutral
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Jun 14, 2026 neutral
Discipline Individuals Directly Instead of Making Blanket Company Rules
“If somebody violates a rule of common sense, People do once in a while. You call them on the carpet, you tell them you can't do it, but you don't make a rule so that nobody else makes the same mistake. Because as soon as you make more rules, then people are wo…”
Jun 14, 2026 negative
Catmull: Isolating individual credit for team success is a destructive trap
“Asking the question might have been a natural thing, to ask. But trying to answer it is an act of separation. That's the problem with it. Because I'm trying to say, how am I separate from others? And really, I never was. It's like none of this would have happe…”