I would agree, as soon as I saw the topic title, I said Phil in my mind. I have always liked Phil and he has definitely shown that he is rather intelligent and would probably fit the bill the best.
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Which current Apple exec would you like to be Cook's successor?
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Definitely would love to see Scott Forstall back at Apple, though I get the impression that he doesn't want to be.
Sounds like something someone would have said about Jobs, back in the day.
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My first choice would be Forstall (maybe he can do what Jobs did when he returned to Apple and bring back the passion?).
But I voted for the HairForce. Although, i must say, he might be best suited for his current role. (His personality could be quite different were he running the company, etc... not to mention the skillset required).
Serious question...what signifcant accomplishment or contribution has Angela made since joining Apple?
None.
There is no one in the C suite that is competent to be the CEO (and that includes the current CEO).
The next CEO needs to be a product - not numbers - visionary. Apple's lineup, across the board, is stale and unimaginative. That's what happens when the COO takes over a product-based company.
The chances of it happening, of course, are exactly zero - the kind of person who could do it is probably stuck somewhere in low level VP or "senior director" hell, and Apple's board has shown zero courage, so the odds of Apple placing someone at the top who could actually reboot the company are non-existent.
There is no one in the C suite that is competent to be the CEO (and that includes the current CEO).
The next CEO needs to be a product - not numbers - visionary. Apple's lineup, across the board, is stale and unimaginative. That's what happens when the COO takes over a product-based company.
The chances of it happening, of course, are exactly zero - the kind of person who could do it is probably stuck somewhere in low level VP or "senior director" hell, and Apple's board has shown zero courage, so the odds of Apple placing someone at the top who could actually reboot the company are non-existent.
*forgets that businesses need money, and they're there to make money, not grant your wishes
also
if numbers guys are so bad, why are we on the top of the world
In that alternate timeline, Forstall would have fired Cook for some product rollout that was bad.
Well if you're saying Forstall was only fired for one mess up, actually other execs didn't like too, in a way it was personal. And Forstall wouldn't apologize for Maps too.
Maybe that's not what you're saying, but if so there's a response. Also above is not a personal comment on whether it was right or wrong, but that's what happened.