The Apple design and development process is sort of the quintessential anti-committee process. It's somewhat autocratic, authoritarian, cohesive, focused, and v

The Apple design and development process is sort of the quintessential anti-committee process. It's somewhat autocratic, authoritarian, cohesive, focused, and very decisive. Cringe as we might want to, this is what makes Apple so great at creating fantastic, successful products. It's a daunting (but not impossible) task to compete with this with an open process.