Insanely Simple by Ken Segall - ISBN: 9780670921195
Paperback
Apple’s secret weapon: simplicity. Discover the key to their success.

Insanely Simple

The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    26 June 2013

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Summary

He put the ‘i’ in iPad. Now he explains why simplicity is the secret of Apple’s success.

“Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.” - Steve Jobs

The obsession with simplicity is what separates Apple from other technology companies. It’s what helped Apple recover from near death in 1997 to become the most valuable company on Earth in 2011, and guides the way Apple is organized, how it designs products, and how it con…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780670921195
ISBN-10:067092119X
Author:Ken Segall
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:26 June 2013
Weight:183g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 16mm
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Critics Review

Required reading

A blueprint for running a company the Steve Jobs way … should be required reading for anyone interested in management and marketing * The Times *
Punchy … Segall gets inside Apple’s branding and marketing to explain its directness and power * Financial Times *
Required reading * Observer *
An entertaining perspective on how Apple typically gets it right… Candid and insightful. Insanely Simple should be required reading for any boss with a Byzantine organisation and a shrinking business * The Guardian *
In this captivating book, Segall has succeeded in distilling what made Steve Jobs succeed in ways no one would have imagined - simplicity. The idea of going simple, and Jobs’s obsession with it, is neither a set of rules nor a goal, but a worldview of how things should be… More practical than theoretical, this essential book is about using the power of Simplicity to set a company apart * Publishers Weekly *
Intriguing insights from someone who worked closely with Jobs on some of Apple’s most successful ad campaigns * Forbes *
A few pages in, I was hooked… [A]n amusing and revealing book about the company’s extraordinary leader, Steve Jobs, and the guiding principle that made him one of the great businessmen of the age * The Boston Globe *
Ken Segall has literally captured lightning in a bottle. Insanely Simple reveals the secret of Steve Jobs’s success with such clarity, even we non-geniuses can make use of it. Ken shows us how to cut through the cobwebs of fuzzy thinking, bureaucracy, and mediocrity, and clearly see what’s most essential - and therefore most important – Steve Hayden, former vice chairman, Ogilvy, and author of Apple’s legendary 1984 Super Bowl commercial
As the man who came up with the iconic iMac name that launched one of the most successful product lines in history, Segall played a pivotal role in reviving Apple from near-death. His close working relationship with Jobs allows him to provide insight into how Jobs’s obsession with simplicity became the driving force that informs every decision the company makes to this day * Booklist *
Reveals a fresh insight into Steve Jobs’s mind and how his obsession with simplicity drove Apple to success * Macworld *

About The Author

Ken Segall

Ken Segall worked closely with Steve Jobs as an agency creative director for NeXT and Apple. He was a member of the team that created Apple’s legendary ‘Think Different’ campaign, and he’s responsible for that little “i” that’s a part of Apple’s most popular products. Segall has also served as creative director for IBM, Intel, Dell, and BMW.

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