So, Steve Jobs has left his role as Apple’s CEO. Like, for good this time. It’s a shame, but it was inevitable, and it sounds like everything’s running pretty well down in Cupertino anyway.
For the purposes of this anecdote, it’s worth noting that I grew up entirely surrounded by Macs. My mom is…
Customer doesn’t know what he wants. He makes a choice. He does not see his future needs. Customer’s expectations are only what you and your competitors have let him to expect. He is a rapid learner, but he does not foresee what he might need. No customer asked for electric lights. No customer asked for photography. No customer asked for telephones.
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| — | Deming |
Apple’s Three Laws of Developers
- A developer may not injure Apple or, through inaction, allow Apple to come to harm.
- A developer must obey any orders given to it by Apple, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
- A developer must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
— I. Developer
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Låt mig se om jag förstått ert kunderbjudande rätt:
För 28 SEK per dag, eller en årskostnad på dryga 10 000 SEK, kan jag alltså få papperstidningen som ett gäng screenshots (att kalla det en PDF som vissa gjort vore ju felaktigt, för en PDF har ändå viss funktionalitet såsom copy/paste,…
Jag är framavlad för att jobba som mellanchef i Keops pyramid. Precis där i mitten bor jag – under dem som tar viktiga beslut och precis över dem som har ett riktigt jobb.
In my former life as a process fascist I used to believe that rigid processes were the answer. Now I know better.
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| — | Grady Booch, co-creator of RUP |
Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets asking for zero defects or new levels of productivity. Such exhortations only create adversarial relationships, as the bulk of the causes of low quality and low productivity belong to the system and thus lie beyond the power of the work force.
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| — | W. Edwards Deming |
Would you deem this a success or a failure? “The original cost estimate in 1957 was £3,500,000 ($7 million). The original completion date set by the government was 26 January 1963 (Australia Day). Thus, the project was completed ten years late and over-budget by more than fourteen times.
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| — | Sydney Opra House, Wikipedia |
That is to say, the best way to make money is to focus on loving people. Culture is our number one priority…Our whole belief is that if we get the culture right then a whole bunch of other stuff like building a brand…will happen naturally on its own.
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| — | Tony Hsieh CEO of Zappos.com |
We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.
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| — | Herb Kelleher, founder and former CEO of Southwest Airlines |
Tänk dig vad som skulle hända om man gav anställda en inadekvat och ofullständig datautbildning. Tänk dig om man gav teknikerna inexakt information om hur turbiner ska skötas och underhållas. Jag är säker på att detta har inträffat, men organisationer är överlag mycket noggranna och konservativa ifråga om den tekniska utbildningen.
Tyvärr är det inte likadant när det gäller grupp- eller ledarskapsutbildning.
Tyvärr är det inte likadant när det gäller grupp- eller ledarskapsutbildning.
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| — | Susan Wheelan, Att skapa effektiva team (översättning: Sten Andersson) |
