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.
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 →
Apple patents show Steve Jobs’s attention to design
Friday, December 16, 2011 · Topics: apple, innovation
From NY Times: When people in the technology industry speak of Steven P. Jobs’s knack for design, they often have Apple’s iconic products in mind: the early all-in-one Macintosh computers, the first iMacs with their brightly colored and translucent cases, and more recently, the various iPods, iPhones and iPads. But what about the striking glass staircases in many of Apple’s stores? Mr. Jobs led their design — and has his name on two patents Apple received for that design. · Go to Apple patents show Steve Jobs’s attention to design →
Steve Jobs’s patents
Friday, December 16, 2011 · Topics: apple, innovation, ipad, iphone-design
From NY Times: The 323 Apple patents that list Steven P. Jobs among the group of inventors offer a glimpse at his legendary say over the minute details of the company’s products — from the company’s iconic computer cases to the glass staircases that are featured in many Apple stores. · Go to Steve Jobs’s patents →
Thomas Suarez: iPhone application developer… and 6th grader
Thursday, December 1, 2011 · Topics: ipad, ipad-developers, iphone
From TED: Thomas Suarez is a 6th grade student at a middle school in the South Bay of Los Angeles. When Apple released the Software Development Kit (SDK), he began to create and sell his own applications. “My parents, my friends and even the people at the Apple store all supported me,” he says, “and Steve Jobs inspired me”. Thomas points out that it’s hard to learn how to make an app. “For soccer you could go to a soccer team … but what if you want to make an app?” He’s started a club for fellow students at school, where he shares his knowledge of programming. Thomas articulates his vision that students are a valuable new technology resource to teachers, and should be empowered to offer assistance in developing the technology curriculum and also assist in delivering the lessons. · Watch video →
