The unseen forces that could potentially stand in the way of true inspiration at Pixar could be the pressure of maintaining a successful streak, fear of taking risks, and the challenge of fostering a collaborative and open environment for feedback and iteration. However, Pixar has mechanisms in place such as the Braintrust and Postmortem to address these challenges and maintain its creative culture.
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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.