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The thing is, it's really critical to have that <strike>dictator</strike>CEO in charge of the company to reign in the senior leadership, otherwise what happens
by rsj_hn 5y ago
The thing is, it's really critical to have that <strike>dictator</strike>CEO in charge of the company to reign in the senior leadership, otherwise what happens is the creation of fiefdoms and <strike>intra-oligarchic</strike>turf battles at the expense of overall success.
Someone on this site mentioned Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle#Pournelle's_iron_law_of_bureaucracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle#Pournelle's_ir...
And the CEO is the counterweight to that oligarchic rule. You see this, for example, in the constant battles that kings wage against the nobility.
- novok 5y agoI've been in companies that became founder led to professional CEO led, and you can see the difference in how effective a company is. I think there is great shareholder value also in founder led companies too, which have led to the growth of some of the largest and most successful companies in the world. When gates left microsoft was probably the begining of the company becoming somewhat irrellevant. Apple, tesla, epic, facebook, google, etc are all great examples of this. There is a really great possibility that america shoots it's future economic growth in the foot with something like this, just because it's future superstars companies are not led by their great founders.
- WalterBright 5y agoThe Space Shuttle is what happens with design by committee.