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Over the holiday, I started reading a book called “Creativity, Inc” by Ed Catmull, one of the co-founders of Pixar. Ed shares the story of the inception and growth of Pixar over the years. Like many of you, I’ve been a huge fan of Pixar movies over the last two decades. And I’ve always wondered: what is Pixar’s secret sauce to create such amazing stories and iconic characters? How have they been able to churn out so many fantastic, high-quality movies over the years? Movies like Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Up — each one that breaks new ground and connects with the audience in new ways. Ed answers these questions and more in “Creativity, Inc.” This book is an absolute must-read for anyone who wants to invent, to create new products, to delight their customers. The kind of stuff that entrepreneurs, product managers, designers, and artists all want to do. In the first of a three-party series, I’ll write about one of the principles of creativity that Ed discusses in his

Over the holiday, I started reading a book called “Creativity, Inc” by Ed Catmull, one of the co-founders of Pixar. Ed shares the story of the inception and growth of Pixar over the years. Like many of you, I’ve been a huge fan of Pixar movies over the last two decades. And I’ve always wondered: what is Pixar’s secret sauce to create such amazing stories and iconic characters? How have they been able to churn out so many fantastic, high-quality movies over the years? Movies like Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Up — each one that breaks new ground and connects with the audience