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Talking about honorable and competent people on the board of directors. I recently realized that Apple's board of directors includes Al Gore. He's certainly a h

Talking about honorable and competent people on the board of directors. I recently realized that Apple's board of directors includes Al Gore. He's certainly a honorable man, but what does he know about making and selling iPhones? Why is he on Apple's board of directors?

fictioncircle 10y ago
> Talking about honorable and competent people on the board of directors. I recently realized that Apple's board of directors includes Al Gore. He's certainly a honorable man, but what does he know about making and selling iPhones? Why is he on Apple's board of directors? His job isn't to make and sell cell phones. His primary function is to make the C-suite accountable to shareholders. The C-suite's job is to make and sell cell phones. Frankly, Boards function mostly on business metrics and people skills that are generic to any business.
- ralfd 10y ago
  Al Gores real job on the Apples board had been to have Steve Jobs back. Jobs wanted a card blanche to lead Apple (and never be fired again) so he picked a respectable board loyal/friendly to him.
dagw 10y ago
Why is he on Apple's board of directors? He has a working knowledge of how governments operate, and as such knows the right person to call and the right procedure to follow to get stuff done. He probably also still knows a bunch of people whom could be useful to know if you're operating a huge multinational company.
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The3rdMan 10y ago
Al Gore is an "honorable man"?! He is nothing more than a charlatan, dictating to us peons how we should live our lives and reduce our "carbon footprint", while jet-setting around the world in private planes. The man has emitted more carbon dioxide than I can ever hope to do within twenty lifetimes. Politicians are rarely the sort of people you want to proclaim as “honorable”, as by the very nature of their business, they typically sell themselves out like a cheap whores.

fictioncircle 10y ago

> Talking about honorable and competent people on the board of directors. I recently realized that Apple's board of directors includes Al Gore. He's certainly a honorable man, but what does he know about making and selling iPhones? Why is he on Apple's board of directors? His job isn't to make and sell cell phones. His primary function is to make the C-suite accountable to shareholders. The C-suite's job is to make and sell cell phones. Frankly, Boards function mostly on business metrics and people skills that are generic to any business.

ralfd 10y ago
Al Gores real job on the Apples board had been to have Steve Jobs back. Jobs wanted a card blanche to lead Apple (and never be fired again) so he picked a respectable board loyal/friendly to him.

dagw 10y ago

Why is he on Apple's board of directors? He has a working knowledge of how governments operate, and as such knows the right person to call and the right procedure to follow to get stuff done. He probably also still knows a bunch of people whom could be useful to know if you're operating a huge multinational company.

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The3rdMan 10y ago

Al Gore is an "honorable man"?! He is nothing more than a charlatan, dictating to us peons how we should live our lives and reduce our "carbon footprint", while jet-setting around the world in private planes. The man has emitted more carbon dioxide than I can ever hope to do within twenty lifetimes. Politicians are rarely the sort of people you want to proclaim as “honorable”, as by the very nature of their business, they typically sell themselves out like a cheap whores.