Category Archives for Management
The first sure sign of Apple’s decline: Tim Cook is distributing dividends Steve Jobs always refused
Apple’s financial strength has never been greater. But Steve Jobs has always declined for 17 years to distribute dividends even while sitting on a pile of cash. The rationale given was that for the Company to stay ahead of competition … Continue reading
Why not promote some Programmers as much as Managers like Steve Jobs did ?
Meritocracy is a sound principle and this article is not about preaching equality at all. Because everybody knows or should know about the Peter Principle: “employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence.” Is is the fault of the … Continue reading
Holistic Project Management vs Technical Project Management
Solving the problem of porting a Desktop Platform to Mobile Platforms with Fractal MVC Concept the Agile Way I read this interesting interview of Flipboard CEO on BusinessInsider about the first engineer he recruited: I hired this guy Evan Doll … Continue reading
Carlos Ghosn on the difference of cultures between Renault and Nissan: same kind of differences as between Waterfall and Agile
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan, gave an interesting interview in June 2008. He says (go to 4:38 minutes timeline on the youtube video): “Between Nissan and Renault the differences are very big, very big. … In Nissan, people … Continue reading