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by raxxorraxor 981 days ago
I don't think the strategic action of a CEO is too relevant right now. The need to focus on rebuilding trust and I just cannot see how they will do that. They introduced an insecurity for developers, which already operate in an extremely high risk industry.

If there weren't people at Unity that could influence or stop the former CEO, the problem probably also didn't vanish with his termination.

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I agree with all of what you said but having known Jim Whitehurst, he’s a guy who’s die hard about culture. Fixing the anxiety from within and giving people the space is what he’s known for. Whether he makes the right strategic decisions is up to him but if you have read anything from him you’ll know he seeks to improve excellence within to then champion externally. He did this with Red Hat before IBM. His book, The Open Organization is still relevant.