Tesla’s Turbulence Musk Be Explained
Elon Musk shows us that while you can’t build a positive legacy on dreams you can actually damage a reputation by trying to sell unrealized forecasts.
Elon Musk shows us that while you can’t build a positive legacy on dreams you can actually damage a reputation by trying to sell unrealized forecasts.
Elon Musk’s willingness to devote “extreme effort and relentless creativity” is what matters most as Tesla’s market value propels past GM, Nissan, Subaru, Ford, Chrysler and Mercedes (Daimler).
Elon Musk’s interview on 60 Minutes shows that even though he doesn’t want to “adhere to some CEO template,” the erratic CEO of Tesla needs to grow up.
Newly-minted Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm’s real title is Elon Musk’s alter-ego – someone he can bounce ideas off and keep him out of regulatory trouble.
As Tesla’s Shakespearean drama unfolds, one must wonder if the Tesla board is using Jim Jones and the Jonestown suicide pact as their strategic plan.
With Elon Musk’s recent unpredictable behavior, Tesla’s board has only one choice—get the chief executive under control. Regardless, Musk isn’t going anywhere, or at least not right away.
Let’s be honest. Can you think of who could use a little time to kick back with a double and smoke a blunt these days more than Elon Musk?
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are in the business of space. What can ordinary, earthbound CEOs learn anything from the other-worldly aspirations of two of the world’s most uncommon titans?
Elon Musk’s New York Times interview comes off as playbook for what not to do while you’re a CEO running an embattled company at a stressful time: Exhaustion, little support, sleeplessness, impulsive behavior and on and on.
For CEOs and public company directors, Elon Musk’s run in with the SEC is worth watching because it could signal where the agency comes down about the evolution of corporate communication in the age of social media.
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