Ideas not Hierarchy Makes a Business - Steve Jobs on Teamwork & Culture
Monday, February 13, 2012
by Jim Riley
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A fantastic two-minute clip here which I think goes right to the heart of what makes Apple such a successful business - the engrained culture of innovation, supported by an organisational structure that avoids hierarchy. Take a look.
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