Thursday, December 13, 2018

Run, Tortoise, Run!

Sometimes Musk would terminate people; other times he would simply intimidate them. One manager had a name for these outbursts and had forbidden subordinates from walking too close to Musk's desk at the Gigafactory out of concern that a chance encounter might endanger a career.
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Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla's Production Hell
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Sometimes Musk would terminate people; other times he would simply intimidate them. One manager had a name for these outbursts and had forbidden subordinates from walking too close to Musk's desk at the Gigafactory out of concern that a chance encounter might endanger a career.
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Now get out there and win that race.