talk · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Ed Catmull, Pixar: Keep Your Crises Small
Stanford Graduate School of Business · 9 HN recommenders · 10 recommendation months
Recommended by 9 Hacker News commenters across 10 months (2010–2017).
SignalTube analysis
Among 35 other talk videos tagged Management, leadership & organizations, the mean is 2.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 9 distinct HN recommenders, about 3.1× that mean. Recommendations span 10 distinct months, longer than the peer average of 3.1 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
71% of its 14 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2010–2017; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2010–2017
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other talk videos in Management, leadership & organizations. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Catmull, Pixar: Keep Your Crises SmallCurrent video | 9 | 10 | 71% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Principles of Technology Leadership | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2017talk · RedMonk Tech Events | 9 | 7 | 60% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| I Was SCARED To Say This To NASA... (But I said it anyway) - Smarter Every Day 293talk · SmarterEveryDay | 9 | 7 | 45% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Start with why -- how great leaders inspire action | Simon Sinek | TEDxPugetSoundtalk · TEDx Talks | 6 | 7 | 58% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Things I’ve Learned from Reading IndieHackers”. Its short rationale: Good teams work through inevitable product problems.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Ask HN: What are some 'must watch' talks?”. Its short rationale: Very useful talk on building organizations.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Google Canceled the Launch of a Robotic Arm”. Its short rationale: Catmull explains how success can hide problems.