HBR - The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
—Apple's “Think Different” commercial, 1997

Six months after Steve Jobs's death, Harvard Business Review, April 2012 published an article where Walter Isaacson, the author of Steve Jobs's best-selling biography, identifies 14 leadership lessons learned from Steve Jobs, the key to his success.

Focus; Simplify; Take responsibility end to end; When behind, leapfrog; Put products before profits; Don't be a slave to focus groups; Bend reality; Impute; Push for perfection; Tolerate only “A” players; Engage face-to-face; Know both the big picture and the details; Combine the humanities with the sciences; Stay hungry, stay foolish.

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