Well said. I will now predict the future. Steve Jobs will die. So will everyone else.
Apple is a company that is very clearly in need of an world class succession plan. It needs to be public and it needs to be endorsed by Steve himself while he is still seen as healthy and in control. Apple needs it more than most because of Steve's rock star status.
If Jobs has to step down before this is in place, I don't think Apple will do very well, both when it comes to stock value and product lines.
Apple is a company that is very clearly in need of an world class succession plan. It needs to be public...
You do realize that, on the day Apple announces such a plan, there will be a massive panic sell and the stock price will crash.
Everyone will assume that the public announcement of such a plan is a signal that Jobs is eyeing the door -- the guy isn't obligated to run Apple for the rest of his life and he certainly doesn't need the money.
If I were Apple I would create a world-class succession plan, inform the chosen successors and the board, and then lock the plan in that vault where they've been keeping the iPhone 3G.
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Well said. I will now predict the future. Steve Jobs will die. So will everyone else.
Apple is a company that is very clearly in need of an world class succession plan. It needs to be public and it needs to be endorsed by Steve himself while he is still seen as healthy and in control. Apple needs it more than most because of Steve's rock star status.
If Jobs has to step down before this is in place, I don't think Apple will do very well, both when it comes to stock value and product lines.
I will now predict the future. Steve Jobs will die.
Holy shit! That can't happen! Maybe if I buy an iPhone it won't happen!
Every time someone unlocks an iPhone, a little part of the Steve dies. :)
Apple is a company that is very clearly in need of an world class succession plan. It needs to be public...
You do realize that, on the day Apple announces such a plan, there will be a massive panic sell and the stock price will crash.
Everyone will assume that the public announcement of such a plan is a signal that Jobs is eyeing the door -- the guy isn't obligated to run Apple for the rest of his life and he certainly doesn't need the money.
If I were Apple I would create a world-class succession plan, inform the chosen successors and the board, and then lock the plan in that vault where they've been keeping the iPhone 3G.