> The value here might be getting someone who's able to change the company culture and focus.
Are there many (or any?) cases of this having a long-term effect on a company's culture/focus? I know it's the most-advertised reason for hiring an outside CEO, but I couldn't find any examples of a company's culture changing, and staying changed for years/decades, as a result of doing so.
IDK. Probably? Best I can do is give up an article about why CEOs turn over (and more frequently now than previously). Changing culture can be hard, but is possible.
Re:Looking for a new CEO
by saywhatnow on Thursday March 28, 2019 @12:58PM
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> Stack currently feels like an attempt to be the worst parts of both Wikipedia and Ask.com.
Seriously? I can understand the Wikipedia aspect of it (though I'm not sure I totally agree), but ask.com? Isn't ask.com full of trolls asking intentionally silly questions, and writing ridiculous answers? I fail to see how StackOverflow falls into that category.
Stack currently feels like an attempt to be the worst parts of both Wikipedia and Ask.com. They need to do a better job at something, and everyone will have an opinion about what the fix is, but it feels like they need a change.
That said, hiring a developer to run Stack sounds weird to me. If anything, I'd think you need a communications/publishing person since the goal is collecting, archiving and distributing data. Maybe an archivist or librarian even.