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乔布斯传之节选29

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发表于 2012-3-25 15:18:39 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
from Chapter 29

When Jobs finally presented the idea, the board was not thrilled. Gateway Computers was going down in flames after opening suburban stores, and Jobs’s argument that his would do better because they would be in more expensive locations was not, on its face, reassuring. “Think different” and “Here’s to the crazy ones” made for good advertising slogans, but the board was hesitant to make them guidelines for corporate strategy.

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In October 2000, near what he thought was the end of the process, Johnson woke up in the middle of a night before one of the Tuesday meetings with a painful thought: They had gotten something fundamentally wrong. They were organizing the store around each of Apple’s main product lines, with areas for the PowerMac, iMac, iBook, and PowerBook. But Jobs had begun developing a new concept: the computer as a hub for all your digital activity. In other words, your computer might handle video and pictures from your cameras, and perhaps someday your music player and songs, or your books and magazines. Johnson’s predawn brainstorm was that the stores should organize displays not just around the company’s four lines of computers, but also around things people might want to do. “For example, I thought there should be a movie bay where we’d have various Macs and PowerBooks running iMovie and showing how you can import from your video camera and edit.”

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Jobs liked to tell the story—and he did so to his team that day—about how everything that he had done correctly had required a moment when he hit the rewind button. In each case he had to rework something that he discovered was not perfect. He talked about doing it on Toy Story, when the character of Woody had evolved into being a jerk, and on a couple of occasions with the original Macintosh. “If something isn’t right, you can’t just ignore it and say you’ll fix it later,” he said. “That’s what other companies do.”

When the revised prototype was finally completed in January 2001, Jobs allowed the board to see it for the first time. He explained the theories behind the design by sketching on a whiteboard; then he loaded board members into a van for the two-mile trip. When they saw what Jobs and Johnson had built, they unanimously approved going ahead. It would, the board agreed, take the relationship between retailing and brand image to a new level. It would also ensure that consumers did not see Apple computers as merely a commodity product like Dell or Compaq.
发表于 2012-4-4 13:43:09 | 显示全部楼层
当乔布斯提出他的想法时,董事会并没有为此而感到兴奋。捷威计算机恰恰是在郊区建了零售店之后而一蹶不振。但乔乔布斯坚持认为他能够做得更好,因为这些零售店将会被建在地段更昂贵的购物中心,但表面看来他的这一观点并没有被董事们认可。他认为“非同凡想”和“致疯狂的人”可以作为不错的广告语,但是董事会却一直在犹豫是否该把它们作为企业战略的指导方针。
2000年10月,在约翰逊觉得要这一项目可以告一段落的时候,有一次他在周二例会的前一天半夜醒来,他意识到一件严重的事情:他们犯了一些基础性错误。他们把每个苹果主要的生产线周围的的零售店分成了若干个区域,包括PowerMac, iMac, iBook,和 PowerBook。但是乔布斯已经开始开发一个新的理念:让电脑成为所有数码活动的中心。换句话说,你的电脑能够处理相机中的视频和照片,也许有一天能够成为音乐播放器播放歌曲,或者成为图书和杂志。黎明时分,约翰逊灵机一动想到了办法,商店内部不能只按照公司的四条计算机生产线划分,还要考虑到顾客想做的事情。“例如,我觉得在即将会有MAC电脑和PowerBook的地方应该有一个“电影区”,这个“电影区”可以用来运行iMovie软件,还可以向顾客展示如何从摄像机中导入文件并编辑。”
乔布斯喜欢讲故事,那天他对他的团队讲起了故事。他讲他所做的每一件正确的事都有需要他重新返工的时候。每一次他都要把他发现的不够完美的地方重新做。他讲到了在做玩具总动员的时候,胡迪这一角色原本是一个愚蠢的家伙,还有原始的苹果出现的一些问题。他说“如果有些事做得不对,你不能忽略它,然后说你马上会把它搞好,那是其他公司会做的事。”
乔布斯在2011年6月完成了模型改进,他在第一时间给董事会看。他用在白色书写板上画草图的方法向董事们介绍设计背后的理论,然后带董事们乘车到两公里之外参观。当看到乔布斯和约翰逊的成果时,董事们一致同意让这个项目继续下去。董事会认为零售店会把零售业和品牌形象之间的关系提升到一个新的高度。它也能确保消费者不会把苹果仅仅看做是和戴尔或者康博那样的大众消费品。
发表于 2012-4-11 14:03:24 | 显示全部楼层
当乔布斯最后提出这个想法的时候,董事会成员并没有那么兴奋。捷威计算机开了郊区户外店之后就一直在衰退,但是乔布斯认为他会做的更好,因为零售店会开在租金昂贵的繁华地段,从表面来看,他的分析没能让董事会成员放心。“不同凡响”和“致那些疯了的人”可以作为很好的广告标语,但是董事会仍然不能下定决心把它们制定成公司的策略方针。
2000年10月,就在约翰逊觉得项目快要完成的时候,他突然间从周二会议前一晚醒来,陷入痛苦的沉思中:他们犯了最基本性的错误。他们沿着苹果的主要生产线把商店分成了许多区域:PowerMac、iMac、iBook和PowerBook. 但是乔布斯开始发展了新的概念:计算机作为你所有数字活动的中心,换句话说就是,你的计算机或许能处理你相机上面的照片的视频,或许某天就能处理你的音乐播放器,歌曲,或者是你的书籍杂志。
约翰逊在黎明前有了一个想法:商店不应该只围绕公司的四款计算机产品线来展示产品,还应该考虑顾客想要什么。“比如说,我认为应该设计一个电影区,在那里我们可以运用不同的Macs和PowerBooks来运行iMovie,并且可以展示怎样从相机中导入视频,并编辑。”
乔布斯喜欢向人们讲诉他的故事,每件事情当他觉得做的不够完美的时候就会重新返工重做,直到做到满意为止。那天他对他的团队也讲了这些事情。他讲到了在制作《玩具总动员》的时候,Woody这个角色是一个性情古怪的人,麦金塔的制作中也存在一些问题。他说:“如果你发现有些事情不对的话,不能忽视它,然后只是说‘以后会处理它’,那是其他公司的做派,不是我们的。”最终的修改方案终于在2001年一月完成,乔布斯首次邀请董事会成员参观。他在白板上画一些草图来解释这些设计背后的理论,然后他代领董事会坐车去参观两英里外的样板店。当他们看到乔布斯和约翰逊建的样板店之后,大家一致同意项目继续进行。董事会认为,把零售商店和品牌的关系提升到一个新的高度,将会确保顾客在不会把苹果电脑认为是像戴尔和康柏那样大众化的产品。
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