Quotes by Lewis Schiff

Lewis Schiff

Apple makes computers and they have to be great at providing the product they promised every individual who wants to purchase from them. This is where they should spend the bulk of their energy.

Apples

Energy

Want

As members of a minority, one that was often persecuted, that entrepreneurial perspective was burnished with a sense of “outsider” status – so not only were we committed to finding our own way of achieving success, we also grew up to believe that we’d have to fight to get whatever we wanted.

Believe

Fighting

Perspective

As you climb of the organizational ladder, you have to redefine your role in the value chain from player to captain to coach to manager, and for some, to owner. These are different roles and you won’t be able to succeed as a manager when you’re acting like a player.

Acting

Different

Player

Because my college was a local college, it had a historic role in educating minorities and the tuition increase was viewed as an obstacle in creating more opportunity for minorities. I threw myself info the protests with all my heart. Ultimately, a group of us barricaded ourselves in the school for about 3 weeks so we brought the running of the campus to a halt.

Heart

Running

School

But, to the extent that I cannot solve MY problem with the same thinking I used when I created it, you’re right. We need the fresh air that comes from others to see things in other ways.

Air

Needs

Thinking

CEOs are no different than the guy in the mailroom. They all have to learn how to manage better the risk created by our increasingly risk-shifting world.

Different

Guy

Risk

For example, I wear clothes I buy at trendy shops because I don’t care much about clothing. If someone wants to create a trend around clothing, I’ll happily and blindly follow.

Care

Clothes

Example

However, I believe that large groups make markets, so serving the needs of large groups is a simple approach to success in business success. But that’s no reflection on whether or not they’re making wise moves or good calls. It’s just about filling the need.

Believe

Moving

Wise

I also believe that at a critical point (more than six people?), that collective wisdom turns into group think.

Believe

People

Thinking

I believe that only a subset of us is meant to lead. The rest want to follow.

Believe

I Believe

Want

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Quotes by Lewis Schiff

Lewis Schiff

Apple makes computers and they have to be great at providing the product they promised every individual who wants to purchase from them. This is where they should spend the bulk of their energy.

As members of a minority, one that was often persecuted, that entrepreneurial perspective was burnished with a sense of “outsider” status – so not only were we committed to finding our own way of achieving success, we also grew up to believe that we’d have to fight to get whatever we wanted.

As you climb of the organizational ladder, you have to redefine your role in the value chain from player to captain to coach to manager, and for some, to owner. These are different roles and you won’t be able to succeed as a manager when you’re acting like a player.

But, to the extent that I cannot solve MY problem with the same thinking I used when I created it, you’re right. We need the fresh air that comes from others to see things in other ways.

CEOs are no different than the guy in the mailroom. They all have to learn how to manage better the risk created by our increasingly risk-shifting world.

For example, I wear clothes I buy at trendy shops because I don’t care much about clothing. If someone wants to create a trend around clothing, I’ll happily and blindly follow.

However, I believe that large groups make markets, so serving the needs of large groups is a simple approach to success in business success. But that’s no reflection on whether or not they’re making wise moves or good calls. It’s just about filling the need.

I also believe that at a critical point (more than six people?), that collective wisdom turns into group think.

I believe that only a subset of us is meant to lead. The rest want to follow.

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