I had not heard about mr. Ive before his departure. I must be a function over form person. But I'm just wondering if he wasn't just tired of his design leadersh

I had not heard about mr. Ive before his departure. I must be a function over form person. But I'm just wondering if he wasn't just tired of his design leadership turning into people leadership (increasingly so, from the article). Apparently the design team "ballooned" into a big organization, and overseeing those people may not be where your ambitions lie, as a world-renowned designer. As a (small? -- don't know what he has in mind there) design firm, it may be clearer that he comes in as a design brain, not as a department head. He is accomplished enough to be just working on where the true passions lie, or even just tuning out when a loved one is in bad shape, or retire altogether (if he chose so).