Staff at Apple interpreted it as a sign of a new age of management. Jobs had favored rivalries between executives, encouraging people with egos to advance ideas that he could pick from to make great products. He could keep those dueling personalities in check. Whereas he might have torched Forstall and fired a subordinate directly responsible for Maps, Cook used the fiasco to eliminate disharmony on his leadership team and send a signal to the company that he wanted everyone to work together more than they had in the past. Without Jobs there to connect all the different areas of their
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