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Why do so many executives feel the need to hold on to power until, having aged out of understanding rising concerns, they implode their own legacies? Wintour is 70, she could have retired and never faced the scrutiny she seems unable to parse now. nytimes.com/2020/10/24/business/media/anna-wintour-vogue-race.html#click=https://t.co/2WmLjbclWDPermalink On twitter.com
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I generally think a lot of the problems we see in industries across the board come from the fact that the natural evolution of companies has generally been blocked by elder executives who refuse to give up power or try to understand that the world is changing beneath them...Permalink On twitter.com
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And it blocks the upward movement of younger generating whom otherwise would naturally be changing things like corporate culture, and be more sensitive (on average) to diversity concerns. This isn't true of everyone over 65, some people do put in the effort and make good leaders.Permalink On twitter.com
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But there is a particular irony in the Boomers, who were especially proud of working their way from the mail room to the boardroom, basically holding on to positions that make it impossible for rising generations to do the same. (This is also a problem in congress btw.)Permalink On twitter.com
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Tho, when you read about the rise of big boomer execs you tend to see a pattern of them not so much achieving success as backstabbing & scheming their way, usually in violation of the civility the previous gen expected. Perhaps it isn't so surprising that they have a death grip.Permalink On twitter.com
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I wonder if we'll look back at the lack of civility, the value given to purposefully breaking social norms, requiring overworking, and the general sort of anti-social behavior that has become a avg American Psycho-esque trademark of the Boomers as a generational aberration.On twitter.com
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Though there have been some real psycho leaders among Gen X as well, so who knows.Permalink On twitter.com
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But yeah, obviously I'm not saying all olds bad youngs good, but there's a degree of aging and locking into worldviews that are causing problems in a lot of places of power. To what degree those locked worldviews get passed down to the next generation is likely to impact a lot.Permalink On twitter.com
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