“One of the first things Tim Cook did as Apple’s new CEO was to reassure the company’s employees that nothing was going to change now that his legendary predecessor, Steve Jobs, had resigned from active duty,” Peter Pachal writes for PC Magazine.
“This was, of course, true (though The Onion had a hilarious parallel-universe version of events that saw Cook moving printers to the center of Apple’s strategy),” Pachal writes. “But even if the culture and focus of Apple doesn’t change, the man at the top has.
Pachal writes, “Who is this man? And what kind of leader will he be for Apple? …He’s a tireless worker, a brilliant corporate strategist, and a fitness nut. It’s thanks mainly to Cook that Apple now has a tightly knit network of suppliers in Asia. One notable anecdote about Cook is that, as soon as he was tasked to fix Apple’s supply problems, he called a meeting with his top people. He realized 30 minutes in that the company needed someone in China, looked directly at one of the team members and asked, “Why are you still here?” That person, Sabih Khan, left the building and got on the first flight to China, with no return date.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Carl H.” for the heads up.]