Steve Jobs | Leadership Lessons

The Visionary Chronicles Podcast <p>CHRONICLE: January 26th, 2023</p> <p> </p> <p>" Sometimes, when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations."</p> <p>                                                                                                    Life from Steve Jobs</p> <p><a href='https://bryansmeltzer.podbean.com/'></a></p> Steve Jobs | Leadership Lessons <p> </p> <p>There have been many books written on Steve, and I believe I have read every one. His life is so unique and impactful it is hard to wrap your arms around all that he accomplished in such a short time.</p> <p>Success is never accomplished alone but rather through others who execute the leader's Vision. Steve had a special knack for “seeing the future” and “what could be”. Few leaders over the last several centuries have had this type of intuition. Vision is driven by Visionaries, those who can see what others cannot, those who are committed to realizing their vision through others and can see it through. See it through, as you will face many barriers and failures along the path to category disruption. This is what Steve was consistently looking to achieve, simple Sophistication through disruptive products, services, processes, or technologies. Michelangelo was also a great Visionary.</p> <p>So how did Steve manage to keep this disruptive, innovative product pipeline flowing for generations? As a result, most of us still use them every day and are considered indispensable!</p> <p>Steve would have a method to his genius and follow a fairly consistent process.</p> <ul><li>Pure Focus, identify your core consumer, and simplify your product mix.</li> <li>Simple Sophistication, if you have to read the owner’s manual, it is too difficult.</li> <li>Own the Vision, take first-hand responsibility for commercializing the Vision.</li> <li>Breakaway Products, when you are behind leapfrog with a disruptive product or process.</li> <li>Innovation before Profit, understanding that product