One thing that struck me from Ed Catmull's book on Pixar, Creativity Inc[1] was how much effort they put into trying to get people to work together effectively

One thing that struck me from Ed Catmull's book on Pixar, Creativity Inc[1] was how much effort they put into trying to get people to work together effectively and how important that was in the final results, versus the talents of the "super stars". After the Disney acquisition, they kept the companies separate, but basically got rid of a bunch of red tape at Disney Animation and injected a bunch of Pixar cultural practices. The DA team went from mediocre results (many people thought Pixar would just shut them down) to producing hit movies. [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FUZQYBO/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FUZQYBO/