Thank you for writing this article. It confirms some of my suspicions.
I’m an investor (E2G), so I spend a lot of my time reviewing different companies and assessing their leadership.
My view is that EA puts too much weight on youth and intellect. For the first ops role in an organisation, why not hire somebody with no degree who’s done basic ops for SMEs for 20-30 years? Only when you’re hiring your 2nd / 3rd ops person do you then need to bring in a leader who can think strategically about ops, and their most important skill needs to be people management. Too often I see very smart people doing mundane tasks with no career opportunities.
Thank you for writing this article. It confirms some of my suspicions.
I’m an investor (E2G), so I spend a lot of my time reviewing different companies and assessing their leadership.
My view is that EA puts too much weight on youth and intellect. For the first ops role in an organisation, why not hire somebody with no degree who’s done basic ops for SMEs for 20-30 years? Only when you’re hiring your 2nd / 3rd ops person do you then need to bring in a leader who can think strategically about ops, and their most important skill needs to be people management. Too often I see very smart people doing mundane tasks with no career opportunities.