Ngenkathi i-Apple yethula i-Apple Maps nge-iOS 6, ukuzama ukuthethelela le nhlekelele ngaleso sikhathi eyayiyinsiza entsha yemephu (eyayizothatha indawo yohlelo lokusebenza lweGoogle Maps kuze kube manje ifakwa ngokwendabuko ku-iOS) UScott Forstall wayeyimbuzi yomsolwa futhi waphoqeleka ukuthi ashintshe umoya.
Izibalo zakamuva ezethulwe yi-Apple ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, kuyilapho kuyiqiniso ukuthi bezingezimbi kangako, kubonakala sengathi baphoqelele inkampani ezinze eCupertino ukuthi ifune imbuzi. Inhloko yezitolo ezibonakalayo neziku-inthanethi ezisatshalaliswe yi-Apple emhlabeni jikelele, U-Angela Ahrendts, usanda kumemezela ukuthi uzoshiya inkampani ngo-Ephreli ozayo Ithuba?
Njengoba kumenyezelwe yi-Apple ngesitatimende, Kusukela ekuhambeni kuka-Angela, uDeirdre O'Brien uzothatha imithwalo yakhe yemfanelo futhi abike ngqo kuTim Cook. Ngemuva kweminyaka emihlanu, lapho ama-Apple Stores amaningi eselungise kabusha ubuhle bawo bangaphakathi nobangaphandle, u-Angela uthathe isinqumo sokushintsha isimo, yize okwamanje singazi ukuthi iyiphi inkampani elandelayo ezomphatha. Ngaphambi kokusebenza e-Apple, u-Angela wadlala indawo yokuba yi-CEO eBurberrys.
Njengoba singafunda esitatimendeni esivela ku-Apple.
UDeirde ube ne-Apple iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30 futhi uzobhekana nokuhola ukufinyelela kwenkampani emhlabeni wonke emkhakheni wezokuthengisa, egxile kakhulu kumakhasimende, kubantu nasezinqubeni ezihambisanayo. Uzobuye abhekele ukuthuthukiswa kwethalente, abasebenzi, ubudlelwano kanye nesipiliyoni nabasebenzi, izinhlangano zamabhizinisi, izinzuzo, ukufakwa nokwehlukahlukana.
Esitatimendeni esifanayo, u-Angela uthi:
Iminyaka emihlanu edlule ibe inselele enkulu, inselele futhi yanelisa umsebenzi wami. Ngenxa yemizamo ehlangene yamaqembu, ezokuthengisa azikaze ziqine noma zibekeke kangcono ukwenza umnikelo omkhulu nakakhulu ku-Apple.
Nginomuzwa wokuthi asikho isikhathi esingcono sokudlulisela induku kuDeirdre, omunye wabaphathi abaqine kakhulu bakwa-Apple. Ngibheke phambili ekuboneni ukuthi leli qembu elimangalisayo, ngaphansi kobuholi bakho, lizoqhubeka kanjani nokuguqula umhlaba umuntu oyedwa nomphakathi owodwa ngasikhathi.
