In times of significant transition, leaders often feel insecure and pressured. Despite outward appearances of confidence, rapid changes indicate underlying challenges. The mention of founder shares and super voting rights highlights concerns over leadership stability and the potential for excessive control within a company. Examples like Steve Jobs underscore the complexities of management dynamics, where being ousted and later reinstated reflects both the volatile nature of leadership and the intricate balance of power in corporate governance.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on John Chambers, former chief executive of Cisco, to talk about artificial intelligence (4:30), why booms are necessary (8:00), coming to Silicon Valley (12:15), Cisco (14:15), buying 180 companies (19:00), the dotcom bust (23:00), how the old startups have grown up (29:15), whether founder shares are a good thing (31:00), still working at 75 (34:00), competition (35:40), why he has bet on the startup Humane (40:45), spending his own money (45:00), how AI will change everything (48:15), and his worst day (53:15).
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