Intel truly died when Andy Grove and Groveian Culture were no longer allowed at Intel
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Let bring him back to save Intel
Andy would have never let Intel go woke
OP — you mean you want to bring Pat back, right? Pat was a huge fan of Grove. Groveian culture was welcome all through his tenure. It’s too bad the board couldn’t understand that we were winning.
@b4 I agree, Andy would have course corrected by now, in a way that only a founder or someone who is not dependent on the company for his wealth. Andy would have kept performance accountability in place instead of trying to placate a workforce. It would have been harsh and a lot of people would either be fired or never hired in the first place, and Intel would have been all the better for it.
Great companies require high performance and diligently weed out anyone who can't meet a high standard of inventiveness and productivity.
I am hoping and seeing signs that LBT is able to bring that kind of founders mentality to Intel, as he clearly doesn't need the money and is likely in a strong enough position to push out any Board member or ELT that tries to fight him on what he is doing.
CEOs since Andy have each at times complained that they simply couldn't get ELT to do what they asked, and could seem to do anything about it. LBT will get them pushed out and their empire building crushed (Kind of like Moneyball when the GM keeps trading off all the players that the manager wants to use instead of the ones the GM wants to use.)
It is possible he will somehow go off the rails and be difficult to remove, but so far it looks like he knows what must be done and making that happen, with a sense of urgency.
@av You completely missed the point. It would've never gotten this bad under his totalitarian leadership. I recollect in one interview, he opined batteries (power storage, management, re-charge) were the future... and guess what, he was right.
Not sure it makes a difference if Andy fires the worthless and redundant line workers, or if LBT does the same.
Either way, it's all good.
One lucky man cannot survive. The rest will be in history and flush down to toilet.
No, not really.
It’s not complicated.
It was smartphones - the end.
The real problem is the id--ts are still there and won’t let go
How is Andy Grove not allowed at Intel, the man is dead. There is no policy that prevents Grovian culture it is just obsolete. Move on and let the man rest in peace.
The problem with hiring from within is that all the CEOs after Grove were Intel lifers who only experienced Intel's success and attributed it to their own skill. The reality is they lucked out and road the coattails of success never experiencing any true adversity. Never having any idea what it takes to win a new market and absolutely zero contingency plans for failure. Just a total disaster that was obvious to anyone who wasn't around since the 80s.