As the Apple Turns: Scene 521: Doing the Impossible (3/9/98)

Doing the Impossible (3/9/98)

Tia O'Brien over at Upside.com has an interesting article that focuses on the Apple CEO search from the perspective of the headhunter. John Thompson, the vice chairman of Heidrick & Struggles, is the man saddled with the unenviable task of trying to find a new CEO for Apple-- is the Herculean nature of his job taking its toll? It sounds like most people in the know are tagging Thompson's quest as a lost cause. It's a good read that sheds a little bit of light on an otherwise obscure process.

Interestingly, it sounds as if Thompson's in a no-lose situation; since no one expects him to be able to find Apple a CEO, it'll be a major coup if he pulls it off. If he fails, however, he won't be surprising anyone. And apparently he gets his half-million dollars either way. However, don't assume that means he's got no incentive to look. If he can find the magic CEO that brings Apple back to sustained profitability and greatness, he'll likely earn himself a place in the silicon Valley history books. Not too shabby an incentive for a Type A personality.

Actually, we admit it-- we included this piece primarily because faithful viewer Judy made us laugh when she told us that Tia O'Brien looks like Betty Crocker. :-)

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The above scene was taken from the 3/9/98 episode:

March 9, 1998: The buyout rumors get ever stranger, as the streets are abuzz with the possibility of Disney purchasing Apple. Meanwhile, Apple continues to push the eMate as a viable educational tool despite its new "orphan" status, and the long, hard search for a CEO may be taking its toll on the man on the hunt...

Other scenes from that episode:

519: Why, It's Mickey Mac (3/9/98) Nothing spices up a show like a healthy dose of surrealism, and the recent rumors of an Apple takeover threaten to make AtAT look like Twin Peaks-- that is, if the Log Lady had big round ears and a high-pitched giggle...
520: Nerves of Steel (3/9/98) It takes a certain amount of nerve to court the education market with an entirely new computing device, part PDA and part laptop, quite unlike anything that has come before. However, that's nothing compared to the colossal amount of nerve required to keep pushing that weird and wonderful little slab (known to you and me as the eMate 300) after announcing that all further development of the device has been scrapped...

Or view the entire episode as originally broadcast...


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