Brad Bird on Identifying, Diagnosing, Then Acting on Creative Differences

I find myself thinking more and more about these words of wisdom from Brad Bird.

If you’re charged with evaluating someone else’s work, it’s easy to say, “That doesn’t work,” or even “That’s terrible.”

But your opinion becomes useful when you can say, “Here’s why…”

And you become the rarest of sorts when you follow up with, “…and here’s how I would solve it.”

Should you live this way, that is, always looking for something to fix? No. But if you’re in the room with some team on some project, adopting this mindset can change an opinion into a helpful possibility.

▶️ (Scrub to 6:37)