Being unemployed, I was poking around on the Internet and found this video from the Dean of Pixar University, Randy Nelson. For those of you unfamiliar with Pixar University, it is an on going employee training program at Pixar. If your asking yourself why on earth does a company with such high hiring standards finds it necessary to train individuals that are clearly already at the top of their profession then the answer resides in how Pixar believes it needs to change the way they do business.

“We’ve made the leap from an idea-centered business to a people-centered business. Instead of developing ideas, we develop people. Instead of investing in ideas, we invest in people. We’re trying to create a culture of learning, filled with lifelong learners. It’s no trick for talented people to be interesting, but it’s a gift to be interested. We want an organization filled with interested people.” - Randy Nelson

When you think about it, this is why Pixar excels the way they do. In the same way that Google offers it’s employee’s free time during work to pursue side projects, Pixar is also investing in its work force. I feel like I could describe this all with one word, passion. It’s Pixar’s passion to promote the most creative and educated atmosphere possible that allows them to make such amazing films. It’s passion that drives creativity.