Pixar Case There Were Three Important Things

¶ … Pixar Case

There were three important things learned from reading the Pixar case, and they are not only important to companies and businesses. They do not just matter to creative people, or to those who are interested in a career in film and animation. They are important to living life, being happy, and doing something that makes one feel fulfilled. That is something to consider for work and career, but it is also something to consider for the rest of the things that happen in a person's life. There will always be issues to face, no matter where a person is in life, but how a person handles those issues defines much of who that person is. While there are plenty of things one can take away from reading the Pixar case, this is what this reader learned.

Be a Community

Working together matters. It can be hard to get people to really come together sometimes, but if they all believe in what they are doing, they will find a way to do it together (Catmull, 2008). That is vital to getting a project done, but it is important for basic life events, too. One does not have to be able to do it all. When one is part of a community, that means there are other people to help. One person provides an idea, and another person expands on that. Maybe some of it gets changed and moved around. Pretty soon it is something amazing, and the core idea that the first person started with is still there. The reason the end result is so good, though, is because that person with the core idea had some help. He or she was part of a community, and utilized the talents of that community to make a good idea even better. That is not always easy to get started on, but there is a great deal of value in working with one another to make something more than one person can imagine alone (Catmull, 2008). A whole really is more than the sum of its parts, and when a community comes together it becomes much more than just the people who are in it.

2. Trust in One Another

There is no great collaboration without great trust (Catmull, 2008). Especially for very creative people or people who like to have a lot of control, putting trust in others can be a very difficult thing to do (Catmull, 2008). Trusting other people feels like giving up control, but it is really giving everyone so much freedom to be who they are and find out who others are. By doing that, they learn things about themselves and about the other people in the group. They learn that they do not have to do everything themselves in order for the project to be successful. Most importantly, they learn that it is all right to be vulnerable, have a bad day, be uncertain, or let someone else pick up a little bit of the slack. While trusting others with everything in life may not be feasible, one must be open to the idea that he or she can trust people with some of what is taking place. Working together and collaborating in any way means trust will be necessary (Catmull, 2008). If one is careful who one trusts and with what, the results of that trust can be amazing.

3. Take Risks