RE: How Steve Jobs Created a Forward-Thinking Culture at Apple - Book Club #18: "Steve Jobs"
Do you think you would've been able to bear the burden of Jobs's tough management style if it meant being able to produce amazing results?
If I bought into Steve's creativity and his vision then I would be able to bear with his management style. Sometimes a teacher needs to be a "hard ass" to get things done but it must be accompanied with heart and encouragement. Kids appreciate it because it creates an environment that is safe. It's weird because someone needs to take responsibility or things get messed up. This whole Steemit environment is a case study on an environment with no centralized authority to take charge. It is really up to humanity and each user to be responsible. There is no "hard-ass" here and if there is you can always mute them.
Yes, you'd definitely have to buy into the vision - everyone who was a true "A-Player" (as Jobs liked to call them) believed whole-heartedly in the vision and direction that Jobs was taking the company. I agree and the best teachers that I had in the past were ones who were both tough when they needed to be and also passionate and encouraging when I deserved it. You make a great point to tie Steemit into this as a case study, it's very interesting to see how this plays out on a day-to-day basis - that is, what happens when there isn't a centralized authority (like Facebook's Execs) controlling what we can and can't see, say or do. I love that we all get to share our voices - unfiltered - on this platform and I can't wait to see how this platform sizes up to centralized ones as it grows larger and larger.