Steve Jobs A Book by Walter Isaacson en.wikipedia.org You'll know it's thereThe Apple Marketing PhilosophyNot just in the detailsAn icon is a symbol equally incomprehensible in all human languagesIf it could save a person's life, would you find a way to make it faster?+31 More Traditional companies are losing because they mismanage software engineersEulogy for Steve Jobs“Design” is now “Product”
Central planning gives poor results Central planning has been repeatedly shown to give poor results (consider the Russian experiment, for example, or our own bureaucracy). The persons on the spot usually have better knowledge than can those at the top and hence can often (not always) make better decisions if things are not micromanaged. Richard Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn The management strategy that saved Apollo 11 management