Jobs 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

Jobs 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.