Steve Jobs
(1955–2011) American business magnate and inventor. Jobs was co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. and previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios.
Good management is like The Beatles: Steve Jobs on technology, Hollywood and how running a company is like running a marathon
Friday, April 20, 2012 · Topics: apple, innovation, leadership
From FastCompany: Some highlights from author Brent Schlender’s recently unearthed conversations with Steve Jobs. · Go to Good management is like The Beatles: Steve Jobs on technology, Hollywood and how running a company is like running a marathon →
Lost conversations from Steve Jobs’ best years
Friday, April 20, 2012 · Topics: apple, innovation, leadership
From FastCompany: A treasure trove of unearthed interviews, conducted by the writer who knew him best, reveals how Steve Jobs’s ultimate success at Apple can be traced directly to his so-called wilderness years. · Go to Lost conversations from Steve Jobs’ best years →
Nancy Duarte: The secret structure of great talks
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 · Topics: mentoring, presentations, storytelling
From the “I have a dream” speech to Steve Jobs’ iPhone launch, all great presentations have a common architecture. At TEDxEast, Nancy Duarte draws lessons on how to make a powerful call-to-action. · Watch video →
An HR lesson from Steve Jobs: If you want change agents, hire pirates
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 · Topics: apple, change, employee-engagement, org-change, org-culture
From FastCompany: Why? Because pirates can operate when rules and safety nets break down. “It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.” This quote, made back in the days of the original Mac development team, says a lot about how Steve Jobs viewed people and selected them for teams. It also speaks to the kind of team and team behavior he admired. To build a team, all organizations seek the best and the brightest people, particularly for their innovation and new product development organizations — that’s not what’s in question here. By seeking out the pirates, Steve took the idea a big step further. · Go to An HR lesson from Steve Jobs: If you want change agents, hire pirates →
Another lesson from Steve Jobs: A driving vision has 4 key elements
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 · Topics: apple, creativity, innovation, leadership, vision
From FastCompany: Steve Jobs often saw further than his competitors. His vision had four defining features that we can all learn from. A visionary has passion, but vision and passion aren’t the same thing. A passionate leader without a clear vision won’t succeed; likewise, neither will a visionary leader without passion. · Go to Another lesson from Steve Jobs: A driving vision has 4 key elements →
What made Steve Jobs so great?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 · Topics: apple, customer-experience, design-thinking
From FastCompany: Steve Jobs wasn’t an engineer or a designer. But he was one of the greatest users of technology of all time, and that made all the difference. · Go to What made Steve Jobs so great? →
How much can Asus, HP, and others rip off Apple’s designs?
Friday, December 16, 2011 · Topics: apple, innovation
From FastCompany: Apple’s competitors are mimicking the company’s designs on everything from tablets to laptops. There’s short-term benefit here for consumers looking for inexpensive Apple alternatives this holiday season. But more significantly, it demonstrates how much Steve Jobs’s legacy has impacted device makers — and how lost they’d likely be without Jobs’s vision. · Go to How much can Asus, HP, and others rip off Apple’s designs? →
While you were out: Apple’s years with and without Steve Jobs
Friday, December 16, 2011 · Topics: apple, innovation, leadership
From NY Times: Reviewing Steve Jobs’s time at Apple, including his medical leaves, and the effect Mr. Jobs has had on the company. Sam Grobart, The Times’s personal technology editor, provides audio commentary. · Go to While you were out: Apple’s years with and without Steve Jobs →
