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Steve Jobs's Biggest Contribution

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Increased odds of innovation at Apple.

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In the wake of Apple CEO Steve Jobs's resignation, The New York Times's Steve Lohr assessed the tech master's legacy, and concluded that his biggest accomplishment was acknowledging that although it is difficult to engineer innovation, Jobs found ways to increase the odds of it occurring.

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