One of the more popular books in the library has been the recent book by Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs. However, as we move toward the end of the spring semester assignments and the dreaded final exams most of you may not feel you have time to read the book.
If so, take a break from your studies and come review the latest Harvard Business Review in the library as Mr. Isaacson recaps the fourteen leadership lessons we can all learn from Steve Jobs. We all have heard the 'stay hungry, stay foolish' but one that caught my attention was 'when behind, leapfrog' and how he transformed the music industry with an integrated system of iTunes and the iPod when he felt he had missed the music downloading phenomena. He didn't rest on his laurels once he launched this integrated solution, however, as he realized that soon the mobile phone manufacturers would start adding music players to their handsets. So, he cannibalized the iPod sales and created the iPhone.
His lesson to us is 'if you don't cannibalized yourselves, someone else will'. Indeed, Mr. Jobs.
