The pirate playbook for innovating in the AI age

These lessons from Pixar, YouTube, and Google can help any big organization move as fast as the latest AI-first upstart.

When Steve Jobs wanted to motivate his Mac team at Apple, he didn’t give them corporate pep talks or send them to management retreats. Instead, he told them they were “pirates” fighting against the “navy.” The message was clear: stay scrappy, stay rebellious, and don’t let the corporate machine slow you down.