Ed Catmull: Smart teams with the right trajectory outperform experience
Ed Catmull · Pixar's Ed Catmull: Throw out your rules | Masters of Scale · Dec 5, 2023 · at 29:48
Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull reflects on the immense pressure and lack of prior feature film experience among the Pixar team while developing 'Toy Story'.
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“Don't assume that you have to have all this experience to get something done. If you get some smart people who are in the right arc, they can do more than you expect.”
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