Cooking at Apple: Global Marcom VP Allison Johnson Leaving

Steve Job's direct reports seem to be sorely feeling the impact of his medical leave of absence. The departure of Bertrand Serlet, Senior VP of Mac® Software Engineering, followed by the news around the departure of Allison Johnson, Global Marcom VP appears to be an impact of his absence which could give this message to the direct reports of Steve.

Self-align to the emerging power centers or exit Apple

 Imagine calls to Steve being responded with an air of inevitability of the change. What if the inevitability met with a strong resistance, which could not  be sustained. Any failed resistance leaves only a single option for the resistors. It could seems that two of Steve's direct reports have taken the way out.

If this is what it is, isn't it interesting.