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How Pixar Turned a Failed Movie Into an Operations Blueprint
In 1995, Toy Story made Pixar a household name. But five years earlier, the studio nearly collapsed. When Disney backed out of a deal and Pixar's first feature-length project fell apart, the company faced a make-or-break moment. Instead of shutting down, Steve Jobs, Ed Catmull, and John Lasseter used the failure to build an operational system that would define creative production for decades. This episode examines how Pixar's postmortem culture, its 'brain trust' meetings, and its insistence on honest feedback transformed a near-disaster into the studio's signature…
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