3 ms·

No, because all Fortune 500 CEOs have the power that makes the organization respond to their slightest whim, whether they wanted that or not.

• asveikau 8y ago
  Typical of this place and our industry, not appreciating that a phrase like "absolute power" has loads upon loads of baggage.
  • fipple 8y ago
    Yes, and all Fortune 500 CEOs have it. They have more power in their organizations than the President of the United States has.
    • asveikau 8y ago
      They don't all have it. They are supposed to be accountable to boards etc. Look at how Ballmer was made to leave in the current decade, to cite a tech example. Zuckerberg has broken and circumvented this by concentrating power. Now, your original point that small indirect suggestions can be amplified greatly by the network of reports eager to execute on the boss's mandate... This is true and I have seen it in large and small scale. I am merely poking fun of "absolute power".