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| Retiring Apple CEO, Steve Jobs |
Yesterday's big news was that
Steve Jobs is resigning as CEO of Apple Corporation, America's largest and most profitable corporation. The news led to a momentary drop in the value of Apple stock, and the media was al atwitter over "what comes next." In any event, Jobs has been impressively successful at Apple, and in a 1998 interview (
here) with
Business Week correspondent, Amy Reinhardt, not long after he returned to become Apple's CEO, Jobs explained his strategy for success: simplicity. He said,
"We've filled out our senior management team. We've got a good team now, and we're firing on all cylinders. And as the strategy becomes clearer to more of the people in the company, it really makes things much easier. The organization is clean and simple to understand, and very accountable. Everything just got simpler. That's been one of my mantras -- focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."
Those are good words to consider in most human institutions and organizations, including churches. Keep it simple—or, at least, as uncomplicated as you can.
