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It kind of dampens the image of Jobs as visionary leader. For a long time he was against making a phone, other executives had to convince him that Apple should
by kjksf 9y ago
It kind of dampens the image of Jobs as visionary leader.
For a long time he was against making a phone, other executives had to convince him that Apple should make the phone, even doing risky things like running "secret" projects exploring possible technologies for the phone.
Job's talent seems to be more of a taskmaster: once he decided that phone needs to be done, he was able to organize people to do it, even if it meant great personal sacrifices.
- theprop 9y agoYeah but it's good that Jobs who has a kind of god-like status these days could be a complete f*ing idiot (which would be his own words) by being against things like the iPod for Windows.
- petra 9y agoTrue. It does dampen it. But the whole "our CEO is a genius, the gift of the gods", is a standard trick in branding luxury products. Actually, one of the more interesting stories behind the iPhone would be of the marketing behind it. But i'll guess we'll never hear it, because there's always new stuff to sell.
- MBCook 9y ago> Job's talent seems to be more of a taskmaster: once he decided that phone needs to be done, he was able to organize people to do it, even if it meant great personal sacrifices. He was also a fantastic editor. He was very good at saying "no" to things whether it was because they were just bad ideas, weren't fully done yet, were missing something important, where especially when some stuff that other people thought was important wasn't and needed to be removed. Now we know he didn't always get it right, he could be swayed by personal emotions such as when he wanted to keep the iPod off Windows. But clearly he got it right a number of times where it really mattered.
- valuearb 9y agoJobs greatest skill was the ability to change his mind when the data proved him wrong. Lots of leaders will deny new info that contradicts their goals, or take far to long to actually take action when the truth was staring them in the face. Jobs could switch on a dime. He was against a phone for good reasons, then when his employees solved those problems he became its greatest advocate, to the point of threatening to fire Schiller if he didn't get on the iPhone train.