Dec 17, 2015 - Reliance Infrastructure acquires management control of Pipavav Defence

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Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk Pixar, with 15 Academy Awards and an average worldwide gross of $600 million is probably the world's most successful creative company. A key reason for Pixar's success is its culture. One of the key components of its culture is understanding that every masterpiece starts out as an ugly baby. "Originality is fragile," Ed Catmull, founder of Pixar writes in his book, Creativity Inc. "The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends." "Our job is to protect our babies from being judged too quickly. Our job is to protect the new." However, excess positivity is not good either. Good feedback needs to be honest, but from a position of trust and empathy. The purpose of creative feedback is to move the project forward. 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