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Reportedly at Boeing the culture at the executive level remains 'bean-counter focussed'. Does the opposite hold for Delta Airlines? It seems to me like the dis
by rocqua 4y ago
Reportedly at Boeing the culture at the executive level remains 'bean-counter focussed'. Does the opposite hold for Delta Airlines?
It seems to me like the disposition of the CEO matters a lot more than their formal background. If an engineer rose through the ranks by siding with the MBA/accountants/bean-counting-culture in a company, he is likely to run it in the (presumably correctly maligned) bean-counting ways. Whereas an accountant who understands the bean-counters but has seen the pitfalls of that kind of management could easily decide not to manage like a bean-counter.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoI think it’s also a canard that the CEO is in charge. They’re responsible, but often the CFO or COO are in charge, or some rule class culture of middle management. My understanding from engineers at Boeing it has not had engineers in charge for a long time and it’s entirely run by accountants and business development.
- robszumski 4y agoOne cool fact is that prior to running Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst was COO of Delta Airlines. He could absolutely talk the talk on open source software. I always thought that was cool.