In the October 29 post by Om Malik, From inside Apple, the Scott Forstall fallout at Gigaom.com,Om shares: “Unlike in the Jobs era, when the company would ship features when they were ready for primetime, a culture of schedule-driven releases has become commonplace. The time-based schedule is one of the reasons why Siri and Maps … Read more
In Augusts issue of Fast Company magazine, Harley Manning wrote and article entitled “Why Customer Experience Is The Only Thing That Matters.” In this article, Manning explains how we have evolved from a manufacturing economy to distribution to the information age to age of the customer. Manning explains that “from 1900 to 1960 we were … Read more
In their August 20 post this past week, To Encourage Innovation, Eradicate Blame, Ken and Scott Blanchard share that “We know that the most innovative environments are those where people are allowed to learn from past mistakes, grow, develop, and improve. That’s what evolution and innovation look like. That’s how Thomas Edison was able to … Read more
Before you can have a great customer experience, you need to be able to retain the talent that can determine, develop and deliver these experiences. Here are some basics from Erika Andersen’s Forbes post Why Top Talent Leaves: Top 10 Reasons Boiled Down to 1: Not easy, mind you, but remarkably simple. If you want … Read more
There’s work and there’s your life’s work. The kind of work that has your fingerprints all over it. The kind of work that you’d never compromise on. That you’d sacrifice a weekend for. You can do that kind of work at Apple. People don’t come her to play it safe. They come here to swim … Read more
On April 23, 2012, Geoffrey James posted 8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses. In this post, Geoff shares that the best managers have a fundamentally different understanding of workplace, company, and team dynamics. Geoff interviewed some of the most successful CEOs in the world in order to discover their management secrets. In this post, Geoff … Read more