I guess I wasn't the only person to notice this:
What are all these Apple execs doing with their legs?
I'll copy/paste some of the article here, as it may be behind a Pay wall.
What are all these Apple executives doing with their legs?
Warning: Reading this may make you self-conscious about how you stand
By Shira Ovide
During Apple’s showcase this week for new artificial intelligence and other software, one company employee after another strode into view and assumed the position: standing with legs spread and toes pointing out.
This Apple Stance — as it was dubbed by a private group chat on X, according to one participant — looked awkward when everyone did it. People have noticed the same Apple position at other company product demonstrations, too.
and we call this Apple Stance
This stance is known as the “ready position” in public speaking and performance, according to Ruth Sherman, a speech and media coach for CEOs and celebrities.
Sherman doesn’t know if Apple executives have been drilled on the technique, which she said is commonly taught and ideal for a public speaker. (Apple declined to comment for this article.) Your body is balanced and can pivot easily to address different parts of an audience.
It might seem like pseudoscience to scrutinize executives’ body positions. But there is a long and occasionally contentious history of research into how body language empowers speakers, ferrets out liars or communicates social cues.
Digging into the Apple event’s optics also gives you a glimpse at the machinations of powerful people and companies.
It’s a safe bet that no body position, hand gesture, utterance or avoidance of articles like “the” is an accident from Apple, which is among the world’s most valuable companies and known for manicuring its products and public image.
‘Power poses’ and the Tory ‘power stance’
British news organizations love to point out officials, mostly from the Conservative Party, doing the “power stance,” with an exaggerated leg splay that resembles the span of the Tower Bridge. (Brits should feel free to grade my analogy.)
Jeremy Hunt joins the Tory power stance crew
Others have said the U.K. power stance has vibes of Beyoncé, Lynda Carter’s hands-on-hips pose as Wonder Woman, the Power Rangers, the “You Know I Had to Do It to Em” meme or a famous portrait of Henry VIII.
In the early 2010s, there was also a widely discussed TED Talk into the science of “power poses.” The idea was that making your body look confident made you more confident.
What are all these Apple execs doing with their legs?
I'll copy/paste some of the article here, as it may be behind a Pay wall.
What are all these Apple executives doing with their legs?
Warning: Reading this may make you self-conscious about how you stand
By Shira Ovide
During Apple’s showcase this week for new artificial intelligence and other software, one company employee after another strode into view and assumed the position: standing with legs spread and toes pointing out.
This Apple Stance — as it was dubbed by a private group chat on X, according to one participant — looked awkward when everyone did it. People have noticed the same Apple position at other company product demonstrations, too.
and we call this Apple Stance
This stance is known as the “ready position” in public speaking and performance, according to Ruth Sherman, a speech and media coach for CEOs and celebrities.
Sherman doesn’t know if Apple executives have been drilled on the technique, which she said is commonly taught and ideal for a public speaker. (Apple declined to comment for this article.) Your body is balanced and can pivot easily to address different parts of an audience.
It might seem like pseudoscience to scrutinize executives’ body positions. But there is a long and occasionally contentious history of research into how body language empowers speakers, ferrets out liars or communicates social cues.
Digging into the Apple event’s optics also gives you a glimpse at the machinations of powerful people and companies.
It’s a safe bet that no body position, hand gesture, utterance or avoidance of articles like “the” is an accident from Apple, which is among the world’s most valuable companies and known for manicuring its products and public image.
‘Power poses’ and the Tory ‘power stance’
British news organizations love to point out officials, mostly from the Conservative Party, doing the “power stance,” with an exaggerated leg splay that resembles the span of the Tower Bridge. (Brits should feel free to grade my analogy.)
Jeremy Hunt joins the Tory power stance crew
Others have said the U.K. power stance has vibes of Beyoncé, Lynda Carter’s hands-on-hips pose as Wonder Woman, the Power Rangers, the “You Know I Had to Do It to Em” meme or a famous portrait of Henry VIII.
In the early 2010s, there was also a widely discussed TED Talk into the science of “power poses.” The idea was that making your body look confident made you more confident.
