Pixar manages the creative process for its films through a combination of collaboration, healthy risk-taking, feedback, and iteration. They have a group of masterminds known as the 'Braintrust' who contribute to the creative process. Additionally, they conduct a 'Postmortem' for every successful film to learn and improve. They also invest heavily in creative experiments.

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Learn how Pixar maintains the health and vigor of its creative culture so that you can do the same for your company. Pixar grew from a scrappy start-up to a place that intentionally spends millions on creative experiments. Catmull's values of collaboration, healthy risk, feedback and iteration shine through the mechanisms he's created at Pixar that helped the studio thrive. Whether it's the "Braintrust –" Pixar's group of masterminds – or a "Postmortem" for every successful film, Catmull has embedded excellence in Pixar's DNA. Finally, get inside Pixar's most brilliant directors' minds to understand how they think about leadership in the murky waters of creativity.

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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

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