A good listen... If you speed up the player

What does Peter Altschuler bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Many criticized Peter Altshuer's performance. Don't be put off by such comments. I discovered that by just speading up 1.25x, the pace and expressiveness of the narration improve a lot, and the listening experience becomes a great one.

101 persone l'hanno trovata utile

Great words and Great Experience... however

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This book is unquestionably worth a listen, doesn't matter if your a creative type or just a regular person it's great advice all around.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Who knows

What does Peter Altschuler bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Peter Altschuler reads the book well, his older voice really makes it feel like it's Ed telling the story himself.

Was Creativity, Inc. worth the listening time?

Creativity Inc is definitely worth the listen time, kept me sucked in the whole time.

Any additional comments?

This is the however part... Ed Catmul talks about how important his employee's and culture of cander and honesty he's built at Pixar, but in light of the discover that Ed was part of a wage fixing scheme dating all the way back to Pixar's founding in the 1980's gaining different studios in on the agreement along the way while also being completely unapologetic about it when news broke about their Illegal actions to suppress animators wages.
everything he talks about in this book sort of rings hallow, he talks a lot about how much he cares but I can't help but call him a liar.

85 persone l'hanno trovata utile

Narrator kills the story

What would have made Creativity, Inc. better?

I read the book, wanted to go through it again, so got the audiobook. The narrator used for this amazing book casts an elderly, somber tone to an amazingly uplifting and inspiring story.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Creativity, Inc.?

Reading it, not the audiobook.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Peter Altschuler?

ANYONE ELSE... Eagleman fron Incognito, or the Freakanomics narrators are great and keep the listner moving forward, not lost in painfully slow and silly expressions.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Love reading it, audiobook is painful to drag through.

37 persone l'hanno trovata utile

Almost impossible to listen to.

What disappointed you about Creativity, Inc.?

The worst delivery imaginable. What a total disappointment. Such a great story, and such a terrible performance. Even a few minutes is difficult to get through, the voiceover is so affected and exaggerated and distracting. Awful stuff.

Would you be willing to try another one of Peter Altschuler’s performances?

Never. Ever.

Any additional comments?

Buy the digital or paper book, skip the audio edition.

32 persone l'hanno trovata utile

Great business book rendered nearly unlistenable

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I enjoyed the story. I loved the story. Several great insights and lessons to be applied in my everyday role. Executing on a Brain Trust team will be challenging...but it is spot on.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Creativity, Inc.?

I watch our team behavior with a new perspective. More than once I've found myself picking a chair against the back wall to shake up the rigid seating patterns. Love it.

What didn’t you like about Peter Altschuler’s performance?

Peter's style, interests and understanding of the subject matter were clearly a total mismatch for this content. Peter may be a great "performer" and may the right style for a good drama, but not a business book.

26 persone l'hanno trovata utile

Bought the instant I saw it.

Ed Catmull? Done! I bought this book within 2 seconds of seeing the title. I'm nearly done with the book. Really fun to get the pixar story from Catmull's side. (a major inventor of 3D graphics technology since the 70's) It reminds me of listening to The Woz autobiography: there's parallels (Both were tech partners with Steve Jobs). I've read many books that get into the pixar story, and I have my own personal history with the people from this company and era(s). Enjoying this perspective on company building, team leadership, balancing people and constraints, unique aspects of creative teams, amazing stories, and much more.

21 persone l'hanno trovata utile

The narrator is terrible.

What disappointed you about Creativity, Inc.?

I gave the book one star because I haven't even had a chance to read it, I had to turn off the narrator after less than five minutes. It's unbelievably bad—unlistenable. The narrator sounds like he's reading a trite children's book and the inflection is completely divorced from the actual words he's reading. I can put up with a lot, but this was just too terrible.

Has Creativity, Inc. turned you off from other books in this genre?

No, just the narrator.

Would you be willing to try another one of Peter Altschuler’s performances?

Hell no.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment.

16 persone l'hanno trovata utile

unbelievable book. absolutely love it

I read a lot of management literature and this is one of my all time favorites. I try to listen to it a few times a year and cry more often than not

12 persone l'hanno trovata utile

Rare insights - Not your average business book

What made the experience of listening to Creativity, Inc. the most enjoyable?

There were parts of this book that didn't make sense to me when I first listened... but they stuck. And I think I understand them better over time. It's the kind of book that takes a bit to settle in, for the lessons to really register. To me, those are the good ones.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Creativity, Inc.?

"Your model of reality is not reality itself." This was frustrating when I first heard it. What are supposed to use if our own worldview models are inadequate? I believe I understand now from this that models of the world are simply tools. Use them when they're helpful. Discard them when they aren't.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The Making of the Pixar Legend

Any additional comments?

Catmull teaches lessons that will prove invaluable to anybody who works in a creative space. You won't find his perspective elsewhere.

8 persone l'hanno trovata utile

One of the best!

Creativity Inc is a must read. It presents the details needed to run a company that can thrive in a turbulent world. Read only if you are bold enough to change. Management is no longer valid. Replace it with a new arenas based on cognitive behavioral science, intuition, and human ways of working.

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