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I'm not the slightest bit interested in defending Musk, but I do want to point out the difference between technical competence and visionary leadership. Good v
by biomcgary 3y ago
I'm not the slightest bit interested in defending Musk, but I do want to point out the difference between technical competence and visionary leadership.
Good visionary leadership: 1. creates a big picture, 2. hires competent people to execute, and 3. then gets out of the way.
Musk largely succeeds on the first two, but waffles on the third. However, he creates enough fires to distract himself from interfering with all his companies all the time, so his failure on the third point is somewhat self-limiting.
- panick21_ 3y agoAnybody that even remotely believes that Musk 'then gets out of the way' is just delusional. Literally any study of Musk would tell you the exact opposite is true. He is well known to have 3-4h long discussions with engineering teams going into extreme detail (and doing so until into the night) and making choices and taking responsibility when they fail. If anything is true about Musk then its that he is the opposite of 'getting out of the way'. > so his failure on the third point is somewhat self-limiting. Or what most people who study the subject actually believe, that him 'not getting out of the way' is actually why the companies are successful. Bezos took the get out of the way approach and BO has spend like 10+ billion with no revenue and will never be profitable, while SpaceX is a highly successful company.