>> By this standard, a CEO would need decent expertise in every aspect of running their business, which as a business scales becomes impossible. The solution i

>> By this standard, a CEO would need decent expertise in every aspect of running their business, which as a business scales becomes impossible. The solution is to have people under them to oversee the other areas that are not the CEO's expertise. Now how do you achieve that? I don't know. When one of those people moves on how do you replace them? I don't know, but promote from within would seem to be wise, since this hypothetical organization has a low tolerance for BS.