Product managers should be able to keep on, keeping on but if you look at Apple's history, when they've done well it is because they switched directions on a dime. Ten years ago, Apple was a small, marginalized computer manufacturer. Now it is a digital lifestyle and consumer entertainment products company. That sort of change really only happens with a really strong, forceful visionary at the top who gets product managers into the right place to keep on keeping on.
Product managers will keep the iphone adding features and hardware, they'll keep signing up more content partners for itunes. Who is going be the one that says "It is time for digital music and we can dominate this market" or "I know that tablets have failed every time anyone has tried, including us. This is the time to do it"? I'm not a huge Steve Jobs fan, but damn, that guy could sense an opportunity and then pound it forcefully into reality with incredible attention to detail. That's not a common gift. Judah On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Casey Dougall <[email protected]> wrote: > > product managers should be able to keep, keeping on... > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> This should shake the markets up a bit. I'm curious what changes, if >> any, it portends for Apple. >> >> http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/08/24/fallen-apple-steve-jobs-resigns >> >> Judah >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341947 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
