&quot;Are we getting too locked in a formula&quot; -- hard to tell what prompted this sentiment, over &quot;we are geniuses for inventing this&quot;. I imagine middle management was the biggest hindrance to making something cross-cutting like this happen at a company like Apple. Perhaps it&#x27;s becoming too crystallized. Who is there to slowly grind away to maybe be a VP someday, and who is there to build epic sh*t?