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This is exactly correct. Organizations that create dependency on such highly performing individuals can coast on their talent while they're around but once they
by pm90 7y ago
This is exactly correct. Organizations that create dependency on such highly performing individuals can coast on their talent while they're around but once they're gone, its hard to replace them.
Usually these uber-productive individuals are required and necessary during the early stages of a corporation where you literally need that kind of productivity to survive. Once an org matures though, there is no such requirement.
- bjornsing 7y agoOh yea? So at what point do you feel Apple had no more use for Steve?
- pm90 7y agoIt’s hard to give a good answer as I’m not privy to what was going on within Apple when he worked there. If I had to guess, I would say that Apples future was safe after the release of the first iPhone, and that Jobs could have stepped down at that point and the company would have done just fine.
- bjornsing 7y agoThen that's quite a mature company we're talking about (Apple was founded on April 1, 1976)... (I disagree with the whole thesis though - I think Apple suffers greatly from Steve not being here now.)