Brian Stelfreeze Quotes

I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I'm working with.

If you have a culture of respect, creativity flows. You create this energy, and then people have more desire to take risks.

Hire people who are smarter than you, and don't be afraid to work with them as partners. Make it clear that you plan to learn from them, not just the other way around. The right, smart, motivated people respond very well to that approach, particularly coming from a younger manager like I am.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

One of the things that I think makes me successful is the way in which I collaborate with others. In my opinion, nothing great is ever the product of one mind. It's always a consequence of some sort of self-critical collaboration.

I like being in a collaborative and respectful environment. When you're in an environment spearheaded by ego and fear, it's the death of creativity.

That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

I work best when people are here to puncture me.

There is something about me that is collaborative, that wants to get the best performance out of somebody else or to hear something that somebody else has done that's good and to try and make it great.

I love collaborating with different voices.

Without trust, the most essential element of innovation - conflict - becomes impossible.

When I think about 'Beast Mode,' that's what I think about. I don't think about just a hard project; they just created some art together.

Xavier has been the ultimate role model. No matter how far away we are geographically, working together is something we feed off of.

I want a strong team-mate and one that is challenging me.

I surround myself, not with yes men, but people who have their own ideas and are on board with with I want to do.

I approach any collaboration I do differently.

The incredible talent that has assembled at Hyperloop One is what is making it possible. I don't just think it's a technology story, I think it's a human story. It's those hearts and that passion of everyone and the commitment that is distorting reality and making this possible as fast as it is.

Teamwork. That's the biggest lesson you can learn from competing in NCAA gymnastics. Everyone just has to work together, you have to trust in everyone, and everyone has to push you to become the gymnast you want to be.

I can only be inspired if I'm working with people that I really respect.

I make sure when I direct that it's a very joy-based set that hopefully is filled with a lot of respect.

I've learned how to trust someone else's ideas with mine.

You really have to try and find a way to communicate [in the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp], to respect each other's opinions and ideas, to be able to fight for something you feel is better than somebody else's idea.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

An approachable and authentic CEO is essential to fostering a high-performance, open communications culture.

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.