
Tim Cook’s Apple shows that a leader’s strengths can outgrow the moment they must meet
Fortune columnist Andrea Petrone argues that Tim Cook built Apple into a $4 trillion powerhouse by operating as an execution-focused, privacy-driven leader, but the AI era demands a different operating mode. The piece uses Cook’s transition toward John Ternus to illustrate how leaders must outgrow their past identities to fit a changing context, raising the central question: is the leader you’ve been the leader this moment needs?













