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8 Potential Replacements for Steve Jobs at Apple
8 Potential Replacements for Steve Jobs at Apple | Fast Company
An article well worth reading.
Sure it's all pure speculation at this point. But it gets you thinking who is really capable of taking over. And here are my 2¢ worth on the article.
Sure we all know Cook is the favourite to take over. But I think he has two things against him. One is age. And the second is drive. Sure he is good at what he does and would run the company like a 2nd Steve for a while. But eventually he'll have to go too. And I just can't see him sticking around too long after Steve is gone. But as an interim CEO for a few years or more till they get a permanent replacement he would excel at that.
Of the rest of the bunch of potential CEO candidates one name took me by surprise. Scott Forstall. He has age on his side. He seems to have that get up and go attitude which is always nice to see in someone of his age. Secondly as the article says he has full attention to detail. The article uses the pixel quote "I actually have a photographer's loupe that I use to make sure every pixel is right". That's the kind of attention to detail Apple needs on the designers table and on the manufacturing floor. And he seems to have that. Plus he knows OS X and iOS very well. Which is a plus. And he has Ive for the hardware design. And on stage he seems to have a nice presence. I still think Phil Schiller would be best suited to the main keynote speakers role. But if Forstall got that job as next permanent CEO I'd be ok wit that.
So if you only go off that list of 8 people. I would say no one can replace Steve's negotiating skills with other companies. But I think Apple will get by but in a different style. And I think the interim CEO should be Cook with Steve as advisor to groom Scott Forstall in a few years as CEO. And that's it. No changing CEO every few years. I think Forstall has more full time CEO potential then the rest.
8 Potential Replacements for Steve Jobs at Apple | Fast Company
An article well worth reading.
Sure it's all pure speculation at this point. But it gets you thinking who is really capable of taking over. And here are my 2¢ worth on the article.
Sure we all know Cook is the favourite to take over. But I think he has two things against him. One is age. And the second is drive. Sure he is good at what he does and would run the company like a 2nd Steve for a while. But eventually he'll have to go too. And I just can't see him sticking around too long after Steve is gone. But as an interim CEO for a few years or more till they get a permanent replacement he would excel at that.
Of the rest of the bunch of potential CEO candidates one name took me by surprise. Scott Forstall. He has age on his side. He seems to have that get up and go attitude which is always nice to see in someone of his age. Secondly as the article says he has full attention to detail. The article uses the pixel quote "I actually have a photographer's loupe that I use to make sure every pixel is right". That's the kind of attention to detail Apple needs on the designers table and on the manufacturing floor. And he seems to have that. Plus he knows OS X and iOS very well. Which is a plus. And he has Ive for the hardware design. And on stage he seems to have a nice presence. I still think Phil Schiller would be best suited to the main keynote speakers role. But if Forstall got that job as next permanent CEO I'd be ok wit that.
So if you only go off that list of 8 people. I would say no one can replace Steve's negotiating skills with other companies. But I think Apple will get by but in a different style. And I think the interim CEO should be Cook with Steve as advisor to groom Scott Forstall in a few years as CEO. And that's it. No changing CEO every few years. I think Forstall has more full time CEO potential then the rest.