John Ternus set to re-establish importance of Apple’s design team when he takes over as CEO: report

Incoming CEO John Ternus intends to reaffirm the importance of Apple's design group for the company's future. According to Mark Gurman, the design team's influence waned during the Cook era following Jony Ive's exit and subsequent talent departures. The industrial design studio, once highly influential, has lost nearly every Ive-era designer and lacks a seat at the executive table. Ternus now seeks to reset this relationship and restore the studio's credibility and product direction influence.