Pixar: Getting over embarrassment
Summary of Ed's talk:<p>- Success hides problems. Big organizations fall slowly.<p>- Daily reviews. Everybody gets reviewed everyday; this removes the embarrassment factor so that no one waits until "it's perfect" before presenting.<p>- Communication structure is not the same as organizational structure. A firm might require a strict hierarchy to ensure control, but that doesn't mean everyone should be prevented from talking to anyone else.<p>- The only measurement that matters is whether the team functions together.<p>- Don't copy successful products, even if they're your own product. Either invent something new or fix an unsuccessful product.