A little help goes a long way for Fergie

More than a year after the death of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s authorised biography of the Apple founder remains a fixture on the bestseller lists.

With his unbeatable mix of charisma, originality and success, Jobs was the CEO other CEOs dream of being. Thousands of them bought the book hoping to discover the secret of Jobs’ success.

The book makes it plain that Steve Jobs was not the world’s nicest man. You could say that he was unwilling to compromise the purity of his vision. He could be harshly abusive even towards long-time, trusted colleagues. His default mode of getting from A to B was to storm there.