I will try to read it. But I don't really need to know how he left pregnant a girl. I need to know how does he work psychologically to motivate people and get the best of them. Common Jobs, you already did your job in the history, now give your knowledge to the next generation. I can't afford having him as company advisor so a book would be ok.
Maybe Jobs is not the right person to write the book about the Jobs way. Any book recomendation my fellows?
I don't know that much about Jobs, but at a guess:
1) He "manages by end state and intent", just like the Marines are trained to do. Instead of trying to tell engineers how to do their jobs, he tells them what the customer should see, and why that's important. All good non-technical managers do that.
2) He has a rough idea of what all the elements of the system are, how they interact, and how they scale. For example, he talks about how some decisions will reduce API complexity, which increases developer productivity. Few technical managers do that well, and very few non-technical managers understand what technical constraints to focus on. I'm guessing this is something he's improved at, over the years. He screwed up a lot with in his earlier years (doing stuff that wouldn't scale well), and learnt his lessons. Every CEO tries to "understand the big picture". Steve seems to actually get it right.
3) When somebody sounds like they are fudging or hedging, he starts interrogating them to figure out what they are trying to imply. Engineers can be very indirect when they suspect a problem is looming. Steve picks this up, and goes after it like a terrier. It's scary stuff when he does this in public, with a reporter. I'd imagine it's even scarier when he does it with his employees.
4) He's got pretty good taste, and can hire good designers and people with good soft skills.
5) He was lucky enough to hire a few brilliant techies, at the start (Woz, in particular).
Maybe Jobs is not the right person to write the book about the Jobs way. Any book recomendation my fellows?