Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple
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Re: Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple
#2But yet, you never see him up on stage... There's a cult of personality around Ive on the Internet—everyone wants him to replace Jobs as CEO, but is that even realistic? Sure, he can design, but can he run a company?
Re: Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple
#3I think he gives Ive more power because of his experience with Paul Rand and the Nextstep logo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb8idEf-Iak
In short Paul Rand tells Steve I will make you one design and I will solve your problem. Since then I believe he has given designers (Jon Ive in this case) their space to design whatever they want. Trust in the designer.
Re: Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple
#4But yet, you never see him up on stage... There's a cult of personality around Ive on the Internet—everyone wants him to replace Jobs as CEO, but is that even realistic? Sure, he can design, but can he run a company?
More than that would he want to run a company.
I'm fairly certain the answer to that is no.
Re: Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple
#5I suppose Ive is Taste, now that Jobs is gone.
Re: Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple
#6But yet, you never see him up on stage... There's a cult of personality around Ive on the Internet—everyone wants him to replace Jobs as CEO, but is that even realistic? Sure, he can design, but can he run a company?
Is there anyone who can replace Ive in his current position?
If you think there’s not then you already have the answer to the question whether Ive could become CEO. His ability as a CEO doesn’t even figure into it, at least not very much. He can’t be CEO and designer at the same time and a designer like Ive is at least as important for Apple as a good CEO.
I used to like the idea of Ive as a CEO but in hindsight that’s foolish and shortsighted. Sure, it sounds good but don’t you dare start thinking about it.
Re: Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple
#7Interestingly enough, there is a quote from the Jobs book, from Ive, that was tweeted by Bianca Bosker, who works at the Huffington Post:
https://twitter.com/bbosker/status/127357233632788480
"Jony Ive:'I pay maniacal attention to where an idea comes from...so it hurts when [Jobs] takes credit for one of my designs'"
As much as Jobs considered Ive a 'spiritual partner' there was still a power play that existed between the two.
Re: Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple
#8It staggers me that time and time again Apple lays out the reasons for it's unrivalled success for all to see, yet non of it's rivals seem interested in copying their methods and opt for simply copying their products.
Fortune favours the brave.
Re: Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple
#9It staggers me that time and time again Apple lays out the reasons for it's unrivalled success for all to see, yet non of it's rivals seem interested in copying their methods and opt for simply copying their products. Fortune favours the brave.
Probably because Apple's approach to design isn't what they teach in business school...which obviously means its an anomaly!
Re: Steve Jobs left designer Jony Ive more power than anyone at Apple
#10It staggers me that time and time again Apple lays out the reasons for it's unrivalled success for all to see, yet non of it's rivals seem interested in copying their methods and opt for simply copying their products. Fortune favours the brave.
At its heart, design is a risk, because it looks to create what isn't. Most businesses are focussed on improving what is. The unknown is unquantifiable, and doesn't fit well into a spreadsheet