Super Volatile

In the weeks since his death, Jobs has been compared to Einstein and Edison. Maybe so. But the problem with using his interpersonal style as a management role model is that the rest of us, to parrot Apple advertising, will assuredly blow it. In business, the control freak boss—the emblematic Jobs model—is a recipe for unintentionally delivering your best employees as new hires to your closest competitors.

Whenever I read articles like this, I wonder if it is possible to deliver as great results as Jobs without the obnoxious personality traits he displayed. I hope it is, but I don't really know.