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Steve Jobs insightful prophecy.
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jay birdsong
May 11, 2013, 9:36:09 AM5/11/13
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He saw what was coming. He knew that T. Cook & Co. were going to do
it "Their way".
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/11/19/peggy-noonan-on-steve-jobs-and-why-big-companies-die/
He (SJ) has a theory about “why decline happens” at great companies:
“The company does a great job, innovates and becomes a monopoly or
close to it in some field, and then the quality of the product becomes
less important. The company starts valuing the great salesman, because
they’re the ones who can move the needle on revenues.” So salesmen are
put in charge, and product engineers and designers feel demoted: Their
efforts are no longer at the white-hot center of the company’s daily
life. They “turn off.” IBM [IBM] and Xerox [XRX], Jobs said, faltered
in precisely this way.
it "Their way".
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/11/19/peggy-noonan-on-steve-jobs-and-why-big-companies-die/
He (SJ) has a theory about “why decline happens” at great companies:
“The company does a great job, innovates and becomes a monopoly or
close to it in some field, and then the quality of the product becomes
less important. The company starts valuing the great salesman, because
they’re the ones who can move the needle on revenues.” So salesmen are
put in charge, and product engineers and designers feel demoted: Their
efforts are no longer at the white-hot center of the company’s daily
life. They “turn off.” IBM [IBM] and Xerox [XRX], Jobs said, faltered
in precisely this way.
Justin
May 15, 2013, 9:54:44 PM5/15/13
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On Sat, 11 May 2013 09:36:09 -0400, jay birdsong wrote:
> in precisely this way.
he fell for his own bait! Soon he'll be responding to his own posts.
I had no idea Asperger's could affect somebody this much!
Do you live on your own, or is there some sort of state caretaker who checks in on you every day?
> in precisely this way.
he fell for his own bait! Soon he'll be responding to his own posts.
I had no idea Asperger's could affect somebody this much!
Do you live on your own, or is there some sort of state caretaker who checks in on you every day?
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