6月29日消息，美國當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間周四，蘋果宣布長期擔(dān)任其首席設(shè)計(jì)官的喬尼·艾維(Jony Ive)將在年底前離職，并創(chuàng)辦自己的設(shè)計(jì)公司LoveFrom。不過，這家新公司將繼續(xù)以蘋果為主要客戶，與蘋果密切合作。
長期合作伙伴關(guān)系的重大變化促使庫克給全體員工寫了一封信，就這些變化向他們提供解釋，并緩解他們對(duì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層發(fā)生重大轉(zhuǎn)變的擔(dān)憂。
在信中，庫克首先談到晉升薩比赫·汗(Sabih Khan)為高級(jí)運(yùn)營副總裁，并向首席運(yùn)營官杰夫·威廉姆斯(Jeff Williams)匯報(bào)工作。庫克表示：“自上世紀(jì)90年代末以來，薩比赫一直致力于每一款蘋果產(chǎn)品的研發(fā)，始終致力于在提升產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量、可持續(xù)性和制造責(zé)任的同時(shí)取悅客戶。”
庫克隨后轉(zhuǎn)向艾維離職一事，重申了其離職以及創(chuàng)建獨(dú)立設(shè)計(jì)公司的消息。庫克寫道:“艾維的貢獻(xiàn)是傳奇的，從他在90年代末開始的蘋果復(fù)興中扮演的核心角色，到iPhone，也許還有他最雄心勃勃的項(xiàng)目——蘋果園，在過去的幾年里，他投入了太多的精力和關(guān)心。我很自豪成為艾維的朋友，認(rèn)識(shí)他的人都知道他的想法和好奇心是無窮的。作為一個(gè)重視偉大設(shè)計(jì)的人，作為一家公司，我們都將從中受益，因?yàn)樗非笞约旱募で椋⒗^續(xù)為蘋果奉獻(xiàn)自己的工作。”
在談到新的設(shè)計(jì)主管時(shí)，埃文斯·漢基(Evans Hankey)和艾倫·戴伊(Alan Dye)被稱為“蘋果設(shè)計(jì)倫理和創(chuàng)意文化的堅(jiān)定捍衛(wèi)者”。
庫克致員工信全文如下：
我寫這封信是想讓你們知道些關(guān)于公司管理層的變化，這涉及到兩個(gè)體現(xiàn)蘋果價(jià)值觀的人，他們的工作將有助于定義蘋果的未來。
我很高興地宣布，薩比赫·汗已被任命為執(zhí)行團(tuán)隊(duì)的高級(jí)運(yùn)營副總裁，向杰夫·威廉姆斯匯報(bào)工作。自上世紀(jì)90年代末以來，薩比赫一直致力于每一款蘋果產(chǎn)品的研發(fā)，始終致力于在提升產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量、可持續(xù)性和制造責(zé)任的同時(shí)取悅客戶。他的團(tuán)隊(duì)使世界上許多最受歡迎、最復(fù)雜的產(chǎn)品成為可能，而薩比赫全心全意地領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著這些產(chǎn)品。我很高興他能監(jiān)督我們的供應(yīng)鏈。
今天，我們也標(biāo)志著我們公司的另一個(gè)重要發(fā)展。在蘋果工作了近30年之后，喬尼·艾維將成立獨(dú)立的設(shè)計(jì)公司，將蘋果列為主要客戶之一，他將于今年晚些時(shí)候離開公司。艾維的貢獻(xiàn)是傳奇的，從他在90年代末開始的蘋果復(fù)興中扮演的核心角色，到iPhone，也許還有他最雄心勃勃的項(xiàng)目——蘋果園，在過去的幾年里，他投入了太多的精力和關(guān)心。我很自豪成為艾維的朋友，認(rèn)識(shí)他的人都知道他的想法和好奇心是無窮的。作為一個(gè)重視偉大設(shè)計(jì)的人，作為一家公司，我們都將從中受益，因?yàn)樗非笞约旱募で椋⒗^續(xù)為蘋果奉獻(xiàn)自己的工作。
在他所有的成就中，艾維說他幫助建立的蘋果設(shè)計(jì)團(tuán)隊(duì)是讓他感到最自豪的團(tuán)隊(duì)之一。他的長期合作伙伴埃文斯·漢基(Evans Hankey)和艾倫·戴伊(Alan Dye)是蘋果設(shè)計(jì)倫理和創(chuàng)意文化的堅(jiān)定捍衛(wèi)者。協(xié)作和團(tuán)隊(duì)合作是蘋果在整個(gè)公司取得成功的重要因素。
漢基和戴伊將向杰夫·威廉姆斯匯報(bào)工作。你們很多人都知道，艾維和威廉姆斯多年來一直是親密的合作伙伴。尤其值得一提的是，威廉姆斯在開發(fā)Apple Watch方面的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力，使一個(gè)跨組織的團(tuán)隊(duì)走到了一起，其規(guī)模之大前所未有，創(chuàng)造了蘋果有史以來最個(gè)性化的設(shè)備。這就是蘋果所做的最好的事情：提升一個(gè)產(chǎn)品類別，超越其想象的極限，并揭示出單一設(shè)備的性能如何能夠遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過其部件的集合。我對(duì)設(shè)計(jì)團(tuán)隊(duì)的工作感到非常興奮，無論是正在進(jìn)行的還是即將到來的。（小小）
以下是庫克全員信的英文原文：
Team,
I’m writing to let you know about some changes to the ET involving two people who embody Apple’s values and whose work will help define Apple’s future.
I’m happy to announce that Sabih Khan has been named to the executive team as senior vice president of Operations reporting to Jeff Williams. Sabih has worked on every Apple product since the late 90s, always committed to delighting our customers while advancing quality, sustainability and responsibility in manufacturing. His team makes possible some of the most beloved — and most complex — products in the world, and Sabih leads them with heart. I am thrilled to have him overseeing our supply chain.
Today, we also mark another important evolution for our company. After nearly 30 years at Apple, Jony Ive is starting an independent design firm which will count Apple among its primary clients and will depart the company as an employee later this year. Jony’s contributions are legendary, from the central role he played in Apple’s revival beginning in the late 90s, through the iPhone and perhaps his most ambitious project, Apple Park, where he has put so much of his energy and care in the past few years. I am proud to call Jony a friend, and those who know him know his ideas and curiosities are boundless. We will all benefit — as individuals who value great design, and as a company — as he pursues his passions and continues his dedicated work with Apple.
Of all his accomplishments, Jony cites the team he helped to build as one of his proudest. His longtime collaborators, Evans Hankey and Alan Dye, are strong stewards of Apple’s design ethic and creative culture. Collaboration and teamwork are defining features of Apple’s success across the company.
Evans and Alan will report to Jeff Williams. As many of you know, Jony and Jeff have been close collaborators and partners for many years. In particular, Jeff’s leadership in developing Apple Watch brought together a cross-organizational team, unprecedented in scope, to produce Apple’s most personal device ever. This is what Apple does at its best: elevating a category beyond its imagined limits, and revealing how a single device can be so much more than the sum of its parts. I’m incredibly excited about the design team’s work, both underway and yet to come.
Tim
