I am honestly not sure. I believe the influence one person or a small group can be projected across a huge company and be the deciding factor for a lot of decisions. Sometimes it’s one scientist making a new invention. Sometimes it’s one CEO implementing a new organization structure. Sometimes it’s one founder establishing a vision.Not even close. Apple is not pitching clones to put itself out of business. This fantasy about design being paramount is unreasonable in today's world. Yes products should be attractive, but more importantly they need to the possess the performance and features that make consumers want them. Every company has some design engineers they are not that rare, just because someone personal team is mostly gone doesn't mean Apple doesn't have a lot of bright people working for them currently.![]()
There are bright people who is good at their job, but they are not necessarily good at putting out visions and building for the future. That is a really hard task for the smartest of the bright people, and even they can be completely wrong. And having a group of smart people definitely doesn’t equal success if the leaderships’ directions are wrong.