TIM COOK: The main problem that ruins technology companies is 'almost a disease'
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Cook says during the interview that tech companies are fixated with "making the most." He says it's "almost a disease."
What Cook has an issue with is the focus that many tech companies have on numbers, such as "how many clicks did you get" and "how many units did you sell?" Instead, Cook advocates for an approach similar to his predecessor, Steve Jobs:
Everybody in technology seems to want big numbers. Steve never got carried away with that. He focused on making the best.
Apple doesn't think about numbers, Cook says. Instead it asks "What are the primary technologies behind this? What do we bring? Can we make a significant contribution to society with this?" Cook says that if it can't make a big difference, then it doesn't do it.
Cook spoke to Fast Company as part of a wave of press for a new book about Steve Jobs' life set to be released later this month. Apple co-operated with the writers of "Becoming Steve Jobs," and the company is presenting it as the "best portrayal" of its cofounder.
Apple is keen to promote the new book about Jobs, particularly as it's angry over a documentary about his life set to debut on CNN next year. "Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine," was directed by Alex Gibney, the filmmaker who recently released a documentary about Scientology. It was reported that Apple employees walked out of a screening of the movie, and Apple executive Eddy Cue sent some angry tweets about the documentary too:
Very disappointed in SJ:Man in the Machine. An inaccurate and mean-spirited view of my friend. It's not a reflection of the Steve I knew.
- Eddy Cue (@cue) March 16, 2015
Best portrayal is about to be released - Becoming Steve Jobs (book). Well done and first to get it right.
- Eddy Cue (@cue) March 16, 2015
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