Posted on Saturday 15 April 2006
Before Steve Jobs starts running Disney, he might want to figure out how corporations should deal with those little rug rats that we call kids.
When 9-year-old Shea O’Gorman and her third-grade class began learning about writing business and formal letters, she thought who better to write to than the chief executive of the company that makes her iPod nano.
In her letter to Mr. Jobs, little Shea offered her ideas on how the company could improve on its iPod digital music players, such as adding song lyrics so listeners can sing along to their tunes.
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To the dismay of Shea and her family, the letter wasn’t from Mr. Jobs. It was from Mark Aaker, Senior Council of the company’s Law Department, telling the third-grader that Apple doesn’t accept unsolicited ideas, so she should not send them her suggestions and if she wants to know why, she could read their legal policy posted on the Internet.
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Apple is also reported to have held a meeting this past Wednesday in which it discussed ways that it could amend its corporate policy when dealing with children.
Tags: apple, disney, Humor, steve-jobs
This reminds me of a science demonstration I went to one time (earlier today). They did a great job of teaching kids where energy comes from – and about cynicism.
God bless America
Insert joke about teaching kids that creativity and questioning the status quo is not appreciated in corporate America.