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Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple... a Journey of Adventure, Ideas and the Future
Odyssey Pepsi to Apple a Journey of Adventure Ideas and the Future Author:John Sculley, John A. Byrne 'Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?' So began John Sculley's engagement with Apple Computer. He went from managing a huge global and very traditional beverage company to leading a bleeding-edge of technology innovation center. — This fantastic book describes hi... more »s personal journey into high-speed product development and constant change in at Apple Computer. "Reorganizations,in fact, are looked at positively. In many corporations, they're viewed with anxiety. People wonder, 'Where do I go, what will I do? That's especially true in companies that have had no lay-off or have cradle-to-grave employment policies. In Apple, it's constant change. People expect buildings, structures, offices, and people to change. Organizations shouldn't have permanence....The beauty of a network is that is has no centre. It is a process more than a structure, composed of modular groups that establish themselves to take on specific tasks-- not to build fiefdoms and traditional 'departments' do." He compares the "organization man" who had job security in return for his loyalty, with the self-directed man who deals with "third-wave companies" in a different type of relationship: one of creativity and trust and co-maturation. Sculley's description of Steve Jobs, who replaced him as CEO, "Steve Jobs was less a manager and more an impresario. He knew that the role of managment wasn't to stifle creativity through structure and process, but to foster it through unusually innovative means and thinking."« less