Steve Jobs was the driving force behind Apple's success and innovative culture. His perfectionism and control over every detail helped Apple create groundbreaking products like the iPod, iPhone, and iPad. However, without Jobs' leadership, it remains uncertain whether Apple can continue to thrive and think differently. The article compares Jobs to Walt Disney and other visionary founders, noting that while their companies stumbled initially after their departures, the clear visions they established helped guide their eventual revivals. For Apple to have long-term success without Jobs, it will need to maintain adherence to his vision and innovative spirit.

1. Seek4media:
Will
the
Core
of
Apple
Still
Be
Able
to
Think
Differently
Without
Steve
Jobs?
In
the
autumn
of
1997,
the
computer
entrepreneur
Michael
Dell
was
asked
to
comment
on
the
future
of
an
ailing
rival.
"What
would
I
do
with
Apple?"
he
said.
"I'd
shut
it
down
and
give
the
money
back
to
the
shareholders."
And
it
did
not
seem
like
bad
advice
either.
In
1997
Apple
had
no
money,
no
customers,
no
winning
products
and
no
ideas.
All
it
really
had
was
Steve
Jobs.
The
man
who
had
founded
the
company
20
years
earlier
in
his
parents'
garage
had
returned
from
exile
to
take
the
helm.
It
did
not
seem
much,
but
it
turned
out
to
be
everything.
Among
the
first
things
Mr
Jobs
did
on
his
return
was
to
run
a
series
of
adverts.
"Think
different"
was
the
slogan.
And
featured
were
the
inventive
and
the
creative:
Bob
Dylan,
Maria
Callas,
Pablo
Picasso,
Frank
Lloyd
Wright
and
Martin
Luther
King.
It
was
a
statement
of
intent.
He
was
going
to
make
a
computer
business
at
home
in
this
company:
an
icon,
a
creative
beacon.
It
was
"a
lunatic
plan",
as
John
Sculley,
the
former
Pepsi
man
who
had
been
recruited
by
Mr
Jobs
and
then
pushed
him
out
of
Apple
the
first
time,
put
it.
A
lunatic
plan,
and
a
plan
of
genius.
The
idea
of
making
a
technology
company
into
a
consumer
one
seems
obvious
now,
even
inevitable.
When
Mr
Jobs
conceived
it,
it
was
neither.
Products
such
as
the
iPod,
iPhone
and
iPad
changed
the
computer
industry
and
transformed
other
industries
too
and
each
was
regarded
in
its
turn
as
an
eccentric
departure,
before
being
reinterpreted
as
a
masterstroke.
What
gave
rise
to
this
creativity?
In
a
single
word,
control.
Mr
Jobs's
unbending
perfectionism,
the
way
he
closes
Apple
products
to
outside
innovators,
his
secrecy,
his
willingness
to
delay
his
products
to
get
one
tiny
detail
right,
his
sometimes
difficult
personal
manner,
all
have
been
criticised.
But
all
are
central
to
his
success.
In
his
books
on
Hollywood
entrepreneurs,
the
cultural
critic
Neal
Gabler
explains
the
drive
of
outsiders
to
create
a
world
of
their
own,

2. in
which
their
vision
is
realised,
and
their
word
goes.
And,
far
more
than
he
resembles
other
computer
businessmen,
Mr
Jobs
resembles
one
of
these
moguls.
Most
of
all
he
is
like
Walt
Disney,
a
man
who
invented
the
talking
cartoon,
the
animated
feature,
the
nature
documentary,
animatronics
and
the
theme
park.
Disney
helped
to
invent
modern
America
because
he
was
trying
to
invent
himself.
He
insisted
on
power
over
every
last
detail.
Money
did
not
matter;
what
mattered
was
the
realisation
of
his
vision.
Whatever
it
took.
What
happened
to
Disney
once
Walt
was
gone?
It
stumbled
on
for
a
bit,
stunned
that
its
driving
force
drove
it
no
longer.
But
finally
it
revived
(with
a
lot
of
help,
interestingly,
from
Pixar,
a
company
owned
by
Mr
Jobs),
because
its
vision
was
so
clear
and
so
strong.
There
was
something
to
adhere
to,
something
to
return
to.
Visit
a
Disney
park
now,
and
Walt's
presence
is
obvious.
That
has
to
be
the
hope
now
for
Apple.
It
may
no
longer
have
Mr
Jobs
as
its
chief
executive,
but
it
still
has
his
vision.
It
may
not
be
in
his
control
but
it
still
has
the
memory
of
what
his
control
felt
like.
This
is
not
to
underestimate
the
challenge.
The
problem
with
the
closed
world
of
Steve
Jobs
is
that
you
cannot
be
half
in
and
half
out.
As
a
customer,
you
are
either
with
Apple
or
you
or
not.
While
this
works,
it
works
well,
but
if
it
stops
working,
it
fails
spectacularly.
Once
consumers
turn
to
others,
you
risk
being
left
with
a
tight,
expensive
set
of
products
and
no
customers.
Apple
may
not
be
able
to
afford
Disney's
stumbles.
But
it
may
not
make
them.
For
Mr
Jobs,
it
would
be
the
final
test
of
his
extraordinary
leadership
if
Apple
can
thrive
long
after
leaving
his
control.
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