Greg Wilde

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since March 2, 2000

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April 25, 2001, on ArsDigita: From Start-Up to Bust-Up:
I'd like to agree with the previous posters on their positive comments about Phil. At the same time, it could be that Phil can benefit from the following observations. Phil Greenspun looks at the world differently from most of us. Everyone would agree that he's a very smart guy and gets a lot done. He made a mistake with VC. Often VC is a mistake. On the other hand, I've seen firsthand the devastation caused by a certain types of leaders in an organization. Many times such leaders neglect lesser talented team members in favor of the highly talented few. The true measure of a coach is his ability to take a group of ordinary people and make them into an extraordinary team. I don't know whether that was a problem for Phil or not, but it can be a real problem that causes all sorts of organizational pathologies. I thought this might be a problem for Phil because of comments I've read that extol selected staff. That's a tip-off. This was a timely email for me. I didn't know that all thi...