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Pixar–A Case for Collaboration

Too many companies encourage competition with "employee of the month" or "team of the year" programs. Eliminating competition from the workplace is one of the hardest concepts for most managers to grasp. We are a society that rewards competition through our athletics, classrooms, achievements, etc. Alfie Kohn, author of The Case Against Competition, conducted extensive research on the results of competition in the workplace. After over five years of collecting data, he concluded that the most successful organizations embrace a culture of cooperation. Pixar president Ed Catmull stated that he often has discussions with his counterparts at other studios. The heads of other studios claim that the reason Disney and Pixar are so successful is that they get ALL the BIG IDEAS ideas. But Ed claims that it’s not about the BIG IDEA that will generate a hit such as Toy Story or Up…it’s about the thousands of ideas that come from EVERYONE on a project to produce a magical result!

Create a Pixar-Style Brain Trust!

Last week in the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Davos Switzerland, 2,500 world leaders rallied to further their tall order mission…”committed to improving the state of the world.” The theme was “The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models.”

In their 100-page agenda, here is a list of the “hot” words along with the number of times each was mentioned:

Economic – 76
Innovation – 35
Political - 33
War – 24
Governance – 14

Wow, even in this media crazed political cycle, Innovation, won out. It takes more than political rhetoric…our world-leaders need to learn from Pixar-style innovation that can be applied in any organization, and is essential for any long-term transformation. One way you can revamp your culture is by forming a brain trust – a group of fellow “radical” free-thinking activists who are willing to dream big!