The REAL GENIUS of Steve Jobs (THIS Made Him EXCEPTIONAL!)

"You know who the best managers are? They're the great individual contributors, who never ever want to be a manager, but decide they have to be a manager because no one else is going to be able to do as good a job as them." Very powerful, in all honesty.

He is so true. I call them Email Managers. They check their mails, ask ETAs, notify upper management, setup meetings, ask unnecessary questions and go home. You can’t learn anything from them other than how to sound relevant during meetings.

My father was the 25th Employee at Apple. R.I.P. Dad - 05/25/1955 - 08/02/2019. I still have your Heathkit Hero1 Robot in storage. I'll get it going when your granddaughter gets a bit older to enjoy it. Glad you got to meet her before you passed. Miss you so much.

I think I learned more about management and recruiting in this ~4 min video than an entire class on Leadership Efficiently

As a software engineer, I really believed in every single one of the projects I worked on. That is until the company get's sold, investors, owners, and stakeholders walk away millionaires and these hardworking software engineers who worked late hours bringing the dream to fruition get handed a pink slip. Hard to find "passion" when you see this happen over and over in the software engineering world.

Great video, but would have loved your commentary at the end like on some of your other videos for these segments. 

This is exactly what I go through. I work in construction as a Project Manager and degree never gets the job done. Those who did well in my company were those who are passionate, motivated and wanting to better themselves and guess what they have no degree and/or credentials but they have grit.

Smart leaders employ people smarter than them.

wow this was amazing. also so lovely to see him with hair

"they knew how to manage, but they didn't know how to do anything!" 30 years on and not alot has changed with big corporate companies

I’m a manager at my company and I can say for sure there have been times I managed poorly. I think the key is to be able to admit to yourself when something is not working so you can figure out why and make the necessary adjustments.

The sad thing is that people don't want to hear the truth about management or leadership. You shouldn't have to tell them what to do; they should be passionate enough that they thrive on growing, learning, and duplicating their knowledge with true empowerment for their employees, not just delegation and distribution of work.

So true about common vision and "professional management". I witnessed how a company went down with the lack of the former and the help of the latter.

2:05 "They knew how to manage.. but they didn`t know how to do anything." Wise words.. very true. That's the key element why usually managers are just there to be a pain in the ass and not being of any real help. From my personal experience, it can be seen from a slightly different angle: They choose to (or had to, didn't really have a choice) be managers, precisely because they never were good at actually delivering (doing) anything of value.

I've been brainstorming a "non-management" approach for my upcoming venture...after working for a large corporate (hierarchically structured) organization. Its overwhelming flaws did little but grind down potentially good associates. "...self managed...once they know what to do..." "The common vision of leadership..." It all starts with hiring the right people. This approach is a gem. Thanks for this confirmation video! His assessment of 'managers' is on the mark: overpaid underachievers with too much power, not enough wisdom, and a mandate to micro-manage. Good people, properly and fully trained, given responsibility and accountability...trusted and empowered, uplifted through a common vision, and with transparent & infrequent verifications = a roadmap for all around success.

Perfect! I’m so glad that his communication skills are brilliant! I adore his way to deliver the idea 💖😁

A great and inspirational video Evan, very much apprciated! Thanks, Chris

Steve Jobs was spot on, driven, and annoyed traditional types to no end. I mean, seriously, how can you expect excellence from a mediocre workforce? They have to be inspired, motivated, and able to share a common vision, which Steve provided.

Fantastic video, full of great advice. So nice to see the team’s signatures inside the Mac.

Great video, I love this perspective. Thanks for sharing!