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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

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The crazy solution: Brandeau asked Disney Animation (Disney bought Pixar in 2006) if the studio could borrow 250 computers, an idea someone initially called “insane.” ” The team trucked the computers 360 miles from Burbank, California, to Emeryville, near San Francisco, setting the systems up over a weekend.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

The crazy solution: Brandeau asked Disney Animation (Disney bought Pixar in 2006) if the studio could borrow 250 computers, an idea someone initially called “insane.” ” The team trucked the computers 360 miles from Burbank, California, to Emeryville, near San Francisco, setting the systems up over a weekend.