Tim Cook tells Dua Lipa he wants the next CEO of Apple to be an internal hire (www.businessinsider.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 23 Nov 2023 18:00
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Tim Cook tells Dua Lipa he wants the next CEO of Apple to be an internal hire::Apple CEO Tim Cook chatted with singer Dua Lipa on a recent episode of her podcast to discuss who could replace him.

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Ace0fBlades@lemmy.world on 23 Nov 2023 18:03 next collapse

Sure, business insider, this is news. Write that headline…

God the only journalistic institution I respect anymore is the Onion

the_q@lemmy.world on 23 Nov 2023 18:07 next collapse

Everyone has a podcast at the same time that no one needs a podcast.

reddig33@lemmy.world on 23 Nov 2023 18:21 next collapse

Good. Plenty of good people at Apple to choose from.

scarabic@lemmy.world on 23 Nov 2023 20:46 collapse

They have an entire line of succession planned out. “I want it to be an internal hire” is Tim’s way of putting a friendly face on that.

LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world on 23 Nov 2023 19:12 next collapse

Was Dual IPA applying to be the next CEO of Apple? What a stupid “news”.

bhamlin@lemmy.world on 23 Nov 2023 23:08 next collapse

Yeah, calling her dual ipa from now on.

dmonzel@lemm.ee on 24 Nov 2023 00:39 collapse

He was a guest on her podcast when he said this, so no, it’s not stupid news.

tsonfeir@lemm.ee on 23 Nov 2023 22:07 next collapse

For Apple it makes sense. Their “culture” is strong, and they need someone proven who can work in that environment.

OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee on 24 Nov 2023 00:50 collapse

There are two answers to the question. Either you “want an internal hire” because that motivates everyone working for you to work harder now, and you don’t actually care about the results that much when you’re not the CEO, or you say the next leader needs to be a visionary change agent regardless of internal or external, which heavily implies external.

But Apple doesn’t need a visionary leader at their size. They need a competent game manager like Tim Cook. So that’s why he would say “internal” but also why I don’t think this has that much implication on who they eventually pick.