Yeah, I think that his great creation was not any one product but a company in which creativity was connected to great engineering. And that will survive at least while the current people who trained under Steve are there.
Interpretation
The essence of innovation lies not just in individual products, but in creating an environment where creativity and engineering thrive together.
Walter Isaacson highlights that the true legacy of Steve Jobs is not tied to a singular product, but rather to the company he built, which fosters a connection between creativity and excellent engineering. This environment is sustained by the individuals who were trained under his leadership, suggesting that its impact will endure as long as these principles are upheld.
In practice
This quote can be used during a Technology conference to illustrate the importance of fostering innovation in companies.
I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant
I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies.
Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.
for Steve, less is always more, simpler is always better. Therefore, if you can build a glass box with fewer elements, it’s better, it’s simpler, and it’s at the forefront of technology. That’s where Steve likes to be, in both his products and his stores.
What are the five products you want to focus on? Get rid of the rest, because they’re dragging you down. They’re turning you into Microsoft. They’re causing you to turn out products that are adequate but not great.
When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness.
We need imagination in programming, not sterility; creativity, not imitation; experimentation, not conformity; excellence, not mediocrity. Television is filled with creative, imaginative people. You must strive to set them free.
Ultimately, it's not going to be about man versus machine. It is going to be about man with machines.
Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.
The fear isn't that big data discriminates. We already know that it does. It's that you don't know if you've been discriminated against.
The steam-engine I call fire-demon and great; but it is nothing to the invention of fire.
The whole notion of passwords is based on an oxymoron. The idea is to have a random string that is easy to remember. Unfortunately, if it's easy to remember, it's something nonrandom like 'Susan.' And if it's random, like 'r7U2*Qnp,' then it's not easy to remember.
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