Joe Rohde: Pushing Creative Boundaries
from Dream Chasing
"It would not have been this thing if it was not for the contributions of these people." Joe Rohde book, Floating Mountains Episode chapters [02:55] Joe's first glimpse at Floating Mountains [04:14] Giving a team direction without commanding it [06:41] How Joe found his path at Disney [09:36] Why creative satisfaction has little to do with scale [11:38] Joe's advice to young artists: find your people [12:55] Where Joe sees promise for AI and artists [18:11] Why unfamiliar art can be difficult to value [25:43] Seeing creative potential in raw materials [29:24] Bob and Jody reflect on the conversation Joe Rohde and I worked together for many years at Walt Disney Imagineering. He helped bring Disney's Animal Kingdom and Aulani to life, and I've always admired how he brings people with different perspectives into the work. Joe's new book, Floating Mountains, published by National Geographic, gives Jody and me a chance to ask him how he thinks about creativity now. Joe tells us why a finished project can surprise even the person who started it. He explains how to give a team direction while leaving room for their ideas to change the result. We also talk about what AI might make possible for artists. And when Jody asks Joe about the value of a blank sheet of paper, he takes us somewhere I didn't expect. That's what I enjoy about talking with Joe. He can help you see possibilities in what's right in front of you. BobWeis.com Buy the book Dream Chasing
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