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It doesn’t take more than a brief conversation with an Apple user to realise the relationship they have with the brand holds emotional value. Because of how passionate Apple users can be, it is hard for one to picture a time when things weren’t such a bed of roses, but Apple did go through a rough patch during the so-called “Wilderness Years”, when Steve Jobs left the company (in 1985) and only returned to it over a decade later (in 1997).

His triumphant return was, for sure, what made Apple into the empire it is today, but he couldn’t have done it if it weren’t for how he applied Design Thinking to change the way the company was operating, and how they created products and services.

At the beginning of this month, the use of design and its incorporation in Apple’s brand has shown its biggest success to date: Apple has become the first company to reach USD$1 trillion in market value, becoming the first company ever to do so.

Apple’s current CEO, Tim Cook, doesn’t think that the financial side of this is what matters most, in a recent interview to Fast Company he pondered: “Stock price is a result, not an achievement by itself. For me, it’s about products and people. Did we make the best product, and did we enrich people’s lives? If you’re doing both of those things–and obviously those things are incredibly connected because one leads to the other—then you have a good year.”

American design site Designorate has published Design Thinking case study called Innovation At Apple, that comprehensively breaks down all the Design Thinking steps Apple took to turn their failing company into the biggest company the world has ever known.

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Rani Ghazzaoui Luke

Rani is a writer and actor based in Sydney, Australia. She is Echos Head of Content & Communications, and the Editor in Chief of The Echos Newsletter.

Before joining Echos, she worked in full-service advertising agencies as a copywriter, moved onto writing for Broadcast Media, and landed on Digital Media, working first as a Digital Producer and later as a Digital Account Manager. Most recently, she was Lead Client Solutions Manager for GumGum Inc, an ad tech company specialised in Artificial Intelligence.

Rani is a highly curious individual that believes creativity and innovation are the most important tools to propel any person or business forward.

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