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Did anyone notice the mention of the “auteur model of innovation,” attributed to “John Kao, a consultant to corporations and governments on innovation” which so
by george_morgan 17y ago
Did anyone notice the mention of the “auteur model of innovation,” attributed to “John Kao, a consultant to corporations and governments on innovation” which sounds an awful lot like John Gruber's auteur theory of design: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3UcgbbmxQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3UcgbbmxQ
The article even used the same examples as Gruber, hm.
- grinich 17y ago"consultant to corporations and governments on innovation" vs "blogger" I'm a huge fan of John Gruber and his work, but to the general public, which do you think sounds more credible?
- gojomo 17y ago'Auteur theory' is neither Kao's nor Gruber's; they're both referring back to a concept from film criticism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auteur_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auteur_theory It's a fairly obvious analogy to draw when dealing with other team creative efforts which are orchestrated by strong central personality. I suspect you could find other people applying the label to Jobs as early as the 1980s; after a quick search here's one from Scott Rosenberg of Salon in 1999: http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/01/05/jobs/index.html http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/01/05/jobs/index.html
- george_morgan 17y agoI realise this, it just seemed odd in the context of it being Apple and the exact same references given.