Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.” - Andy Grove

No matter how successful you become, you need to stay vigilant. Great leaders make great products and teams, and then question how they can make them even better. No visionary has ever celebrated a massive win and then ignored any or all future project complications. The best managers set the bar high from the get-go, and work to exceed their own expectations often. Complacency will breed failure, foster mediocracy, and ki-l innovation.

Intel became complacent, and that complacency bred failure. Andy Grove was right.

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obviously, BK and BS never read Grove's book.

Perhaps Pat should give a free copy to all employees and make it an AR to read it and take an annual online test on it.

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Post ID: @1ccf+1mkNF3zu

@1spb - Being "paranoid" according to Grove meant being always hungry for more, both personally and in business. Striving to learn more, better yourself, and not rely on past successes as a predictor for future results, in other words, always innovating. Only an entitled snowflake like you would interpret Grove's 'paranoia' as an abusive workplace. Try to read a little instead of playing video games for a change.

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Post ID: @1hgn+1mkNF3zu

I don't understand why everyone thinks AG was such a great leader. "Only the paranoid survive" that is the definition of an abusive workplace.

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Post ID: @1spb+1mkNF3zu

No innovation in years... The shocking thing is that there has been zero urgency to tutn things around for decades. Just more useless and misguided programs like DEI or excuses excuses for why the company cannot execute it's way out of a rainbow bag.

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Post ID: @1kzz+1mkNF3zu

Shining example of ‘leadership’ glad I got out when I did and retired early

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Post ID: @hqn+1mkNF3zu

No wonder it has been a FUBAR that will continue

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