What Tony Fadell thinks about management

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Creator of the iPod and co-creator of the iPhone at Apple, founder of Nest, and author of Build.

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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Tony Fadell has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 7 Jun 2026

   Our readingMicromanagement should be aimed at the few decisions that matter, never at how people carry the work out.

   Their wordsAnd when I mean micromanaging, it means micromanage the decision, not necessarily operations of doing it.

   ↗Tony Fadell: How to build real taste (and why AI makes it matter more)youtube.com 3rd of 23 in this recording