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These innovators methodically take small experimental ideas through a process of testing, failure, and refinement. Their low-risk “little bets” provide critical information for multiple iterations and successive small wins that eventually lead to creative breakthroughs. Pixar, for example, was acquired by Steve Jobs as a hardware company, but its peripheral and low-risk experimentation in short animated films over several years ultimately led it to pivot to full-length filmmaking and the highly successful Toy Story franchise.
Peter Sims is the author of Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, and the coauthor of True North. A graduate of Bowdoin College, he received his MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
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- How risk-averse organizations can capitalize on design school principles.
- Overcoming psychological barriers to creative experimentation.
These innovators methodically take small experimental ideas through a process of testing, failure, and refinement. Their low-risk “little bets” provide critical information for multiple iterations and successive small wins that eventually lead to creative breakthroughs. Pixar, for example, was acquired by Steve Jobs as a hardware company, but its peripheral and low-risk experimentation in short animated films over several years ultimately led it to pivot to full-length filmmaking and the highly successful Toy Story franchise.
Peter Sims is the author of Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, and the coauthor of True North. A graduate of Bowdoin College, he received his MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
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- Topics
- Change
- Creativity and Innovation
- Strategy
- Video Running Time (minutes)
- 51:00
- Featured Talent
- Peter Sims
- Product Type
- Video
- Course ID
- 2900
