[res0nat0r]

IMO I don't expect someone with this type of "philosophy" to be that deep of a thinker:

  "1. Email me back to explain why what I said was incorrect. Sometimes, I’m just plain wrong!
  2. Request further clarification if what I said was ambiguous.
  3. Execute the directions."
  Failure to perform one of the three actions would result in termination, Musk noted.

He's proven this over the years by getting sanctioned by the SEC for posting on Twitter over the weekend while high with his girlfriend and then being forced to step down as chairman, and also consistently shitposting on Twitter the last few years that would get any line level employee fired.

[toss1]

I saw that and thought it was a succinct, highly distilled extract showing the result of 'if I'd had more time I'd have written you a shorter letter'. While there's obviously a myriad variations on the theme and actions crossing those lines, the message and call to action is very clear — either identify and address the problems with the directive, or execute it. Punting, dithering, or ignoring it are not options.

That said, the twitter nonsense is getting a bit much. When he wanders into anything outside his zones of expertise, he's a disaster.

[inglor_cz]

Thinkers need different philosophies than executives. Getting an engineering project not to stall requires rules like these.