Jan 15, 2020

Walking the CEO Walk

Nice. A pair of Australian academics claim to have discovered that companies led by actual inventors produce more innovation.

We already know that the main job of a CEO is not to do any of the work the company is known for, but to *inform the behaviors* of the people doing the actual work.

In other words, if you’re in the innovation business (as we all are, really), there’s no point having a CEO who can’t walk the walk, simply because one won’t have the necessary tools in one’s arsenal.

‘Nuff said.

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