The story reads like a great example of how a war-time leader will obliterate a team if he fails to integrate. Despite all the initial good karma between Hughe

The story reads like a great example of how a war-time leader will obliterate a team if he fails to integrate. Despite all the initial good karma between Hughes, Foer, and other editors, Hughes and the team clashed badly whenever Hughes' personal network risked damage due to TNR issues (e.g. the leak about Amazon pulling ads). The article seems to set SV culture at odds with TNR, but I think there's a much more basic explanation for the tragedy here: Hughes failed to integrate himself. The very fact that Hughes felt it necessary to conceal the search for Foer's replacement is a red flag that Hughes had no reason to ignore himself. For a war-time leader to have a fighting chance, he'll need to integrate himself and leverage the existing culture (and product). Regardless of how much spin this article may cast, there's plenty of undeniable evidence that Hughes failed to integrate. Hughes brought this failure upon himself.