And I loved it even more after reading the article. What I liked about what I read is that Pixar gives their creatives a lot of leeway the ideas that they generate. If I have learned one thing in class, it is that one of the best way to generate good ideas is to generate a lot of them, and Pixar puts this into action by allowing all its creatives to go crazy with their ideas.
Of course not all of these ideas would end up being blockbusters. In fact, I'm betting that around 99% of the ideas generated there never make their way into production. But the fact that they are open to bad ideas means that the good ideas will come.
I also agree with Pixar in their effort to eliminate the tiring task of going through the proper channels before a member of one department can ask help from a member of another department. In my two weeks at SOLARtv, I have been a part of a few of these requests. Someone from the PR department would ask me to do something but then when my boss found out (I'm a part of the New Media Department), he told me that requests such as that would have to go through the proper channels. I know he was just looking out for my best interest because the other departments might just bombard me with requests if I keep on saying yes to them but then I think things would be much easier if people were allowed to interact with other people without having to talk to everyone else's superior. But then again, that's not my call.
I've also heard horror stories from other TV stations. One of my friends who works for one of the biggest stations told me that their creativity is limited by the higher ups. Sure, they're allowed to be creative but they are always expected to have ideas that are somehow familiar. I think this is not creative at all. They are basically given the pieces to work with then they just make a bunch of combinations. Maybe this may be the reason why Philippine TV has not improved a lot. Sure there are shows now with 3D capabilities and they have huge ass touch screen TVs for the news. But if you look deeper, these changes are all superficial.
More companies should look at the success of Pixar and maybe they could loosed the their grips of the necks of their creatives.
