Jobs used physical isolation (badges that only work in the product area) to protect the Macintosh team, and Google did similar with Android under Andy Rubin, protecting from organizational interference

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Speaker

Reed Hoffman

Evidence Quote

“he basically said okay he pulled people into a project put them in a room where only their badges would work...when Andy uh ruin was building Android only the Android folks badges would work in going into the Android”

Source

Reid Hoffman & Peter Thiel The Future of Revolutions— Worth Media
Created: 8/13/2026, 9:55:39 AM

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