glyph 458: enterprise & spirit, vision, collaborative quest, capitalist "crazy ones" ... Adam Lashinsky, Fortune Magazine

In a Fortune Magazine blog, Adam Lashinsky, quotes Tim Cook, Apple's COO, speaking to financial analysts on 21 January 2009.

Lashinsky names this statement "The Cook Doctrine":

We believe that we are on the face of the earth to make great products and that's not changing. We are constantly focusing on innovating. We believe in the simple not the complex. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products that we make, and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. We believe in saying no to thousands of projects, so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us. We believe in deep collaboration and cross-pollination of our groups, which allow us to innovate in a way that others cannot. And frankly, we don't settle for anything less than excellence in every group in the company, and we have the self-honesty to admit when we're wrong and the courage to change. And I think regardless of who is in what job those values are so embedded in this company that Apple will do extremely well.

Apple seems to be a company built by and for explorers. Years ago, the company offered a clue to it's future:

https://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/18.html — "Here's to the Crazy Ones"

http://gowest.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/01/22/the-cook-doctrine-at-apple — Adam Lashinsky's article.

https://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/458.html
January 22, 2009; edited/updated November 26, 2015