I'm probably breaking HN etiquette here because this is only barely related but your comment reminded me of the time that Gayle King asked Ron Johnson, who had

I'm probably breaking HN etiquette here because this is only barely related but your comment reminded me of the time that Gayle King asked Ron Johnson, who had taken over as CEO at JCPenney after building the Apple retail store network, if he was wearing JCPenney clothes. He was not. https://youtu.be/VfZKntQZSbo?t=426 https://youtu.be/VfZKntQZSbo?t=426 It really made an impression on me how mundane and basic so much of leadership is, and on how a thing like that could quickly undermine so experienced a leader. If you lead a store selling clothes ... you should really wear those clothes. I'm sure at Apple he used an iPhone, but it didn't carry over. Anyway, here I am 12 years later dunking on the guy, but he did build one of the most profitable retail businesses ever.