The only constant, is change.

Apple has had a slew of changes recently, and it doesn’t surprise me all these shuffles happened in the off-season, right after they released all their new software and hardware for the year and progress can take a slower pace. Pump out the products, and then rework the org chart for the coming years, making sure the headlines don’t overshadow product marketing.

As Yoda would say:

“Pump out the products they did.”

“Reworking the org chart, they are.”

Abidur Chowdhury, Industrial Designer at Apple, who introduced the iPhone Air in the keynote event, left Apple in November for an AI startup.

Jeff Williams, Apple’s former Chief Operating Officer, has retired or is on the brink of retirement by year’s end, right after launching a groundbreaking hypertension notification feature and three new Apple Watches, only the second time since 2014.

Amar Subramanya, AI researcher at Microsoft and Google, will replace John Giannandrea - announced on Dec 1st.

Alan Dye, head of Apple UI design will start working at Meta on Dec. 31st, and will be replaced by Stephen Lemay.

Will turnover be this drastic every off-season? Who knows.