@matigo Like it or not, every company that has pushed the envelope and changed the world has been headed by a sociopathic jerk.
Jobs, Gates, Elllison, Tramiel, and on and on. All jerks.
Even Linus Torvalds. Class-A, unapologetic jerk.
The lower guys on the totem pole who do the actual designing or world-breaking products like Dave Cutler (VMS, Windows NT). Jerks.
Projects I have inherited. They have not gone to the next level without me unleashing MY inner jerk. One of the reasons I do not like being the boss. I can do it but it keeps me awake at nights and makes me do and say things I hate myself for.
Apple is now headed by a guy who avoids conflict and goes out of his way not to be a jerk. He wants to foster a happy, relaxed place to work. This is all well and good but, without the stress and pressure, their days of creating "the next big thing" are over.
If Forstall were in that chair, you can bet the situation would be entirely different.