Steve Jobs knew he wasn’t an expert in filmmaking — even after funding a spinout of animation studio Pixar, which was originally division of production company Lucasfilm, in 1986.
Jobs was “pretty amazing at saying, ‘this is not my business,'” chief creative officer at Pixar, Pete Docter, said at Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Gala and Summit on Thursday. Jobs’ attitude was “I’m not going to come in here and direct this movie or tell you what to do,” Docter said.
As a 35-year employee of the company, Docter got to witness the Apple co-founder operate up close. Here’s one leadership strength Docter noticed in Jobs — and one habit he hopes never to adopt himself.
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