Welcome to my regularly curated collection of fresh insights gained into Apple’s legendary co-founder, Steve Jobs across the last few weeks.

Office politics

Jobs understood the value of good product design. He also understood the way a good office layout can inspire good staff. That’s why he became obsessed over how the public spaces at Pixar were laid out when he designed the new HQ there.

When he designed a new headquarters for Pixar, Jobs obsessed over how the atrium should should be structured, Isaacson wrote. Jobs took particular care placing the bathrooms as he wanted to create an environment in which “serendipitous personal encounters” might occur.

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