197: Fail Fast

Published: June 7, 2014, 3:32 p.m.

We love Pixar, and we\u2019re a bunch of creative professional types. So as you can imagine, we devoured \u201cCreativity Inc.\u201d, by Pixar president Ed Catmull. Is it a business book or an anti-business book? How do you foster creativity? Is Pixar\u2019s formula one that provides safety while preventing works of staggering genius? How much is a director or writer the author of a Pixar movie, and how much is the studio itself? And is the wild success of \u201cFrozen\u201d proof of anything?