“Inside Apple” Reveals Steve Jobs Anecdotes, Apple’s Little Known Facts

Post by bstx » Sun, May 08, 2011, 12:24 AM UTC

andos wrote: post #18

olivercameron wrote: post #2

Just by looking at this organisational chart, you can see why Apple's industrial design is so amazingly great and consistent: http://www.macstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-0... . Notice how Jonathan Ive does not delegate any work to any Vice Presidents. Compare this to other corporations and you'll see why this works so well (no giant chain of command where every member of staff is trying to put their st…

The noteworthy stuff is that Jonathan Ive reports directly to Steve Jobs, while Bob Mansfield, SVP of Hardware¹, reports to Tim Cook. That shows what Apple is all about. ¹. The chart says "SVP of Mac Hardware", but on the iPad 2 video he's presented as "SVP of Hardware".

Post by melling » Sun, May 08, 2011, 12:39 AM UTC

daimyoyo wrote: post #5

Will this article be in the magazine? I don't want to have to get the iPad app for one story.

Post by spiralganglion » Sun, May 08, 2011, 12:44 AM UTC

ajessup wrote: post #13

viraptor wrote: post #12

> “Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering.” Anyone cares to explain that one? It left me confused really... The way I read it, he's a visionary and doesn't care how things are achieved as long as business is good. And to be honest that doesn't sound good for me - more like a dictator who will eliminate failing VPs whether the fault is on their side or somewhere else in the organisation.

It means you can't hide behind excuses. If for example theres a problem with a vendor shipping components for a product line you're a VP for, it means you're responsible. It means the only acceptible answer is that you found a new supplier and we got the product out on time. Not 'we're late because our manufacturer couldn't hold up their end of the deal'. It's a great philosophy, to my mind it's what defines a true m…

Post by sdghjkyuk » Sun, May 08, 2011, 1:02 AM UTC

Post by lautenbach » Sun, May 08, 2011, 2:17 AM UTC

arkitaip wrote: post #24

"Steve Jobs hired dean of Yale School of Management Joel Podolny to run the Apple University, an internal group also featuring business professors and Harvard veterans that are writing a series of case studies to prepare employees for the life at Apple after Jobs." I would seriously pay to read that material.