How Elon Musk’s Biggest Flaw Is Killing Twitter
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- Things have gone from bad to worse at twitter since Elon Musk bought the company three months ago.
The problem is Elon. Some recent events have revealed Musk’s MOST fundamental flaw as a leader. In this video I want to talk about what that flaw is and how other business leaders can avoid making the same mistakes.
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So he's basically using twitter like his own marketing platform. Maybe he doesnt care about leadership but cares about his end goal. The flaw is, you still need twitter and for that you need people.
But so many people love him because they love "results" or perceived results.
Also many times people mistake success in one area to being great in all areas. Just because Musk has done some "out of the box" great things, doesnt mean he is good in all areas.
Some people can really be led down a cliff by a billionaire or celebrity.
Agreed. Musk is a genius marketer but his other flaws are about to bring the whole house of cards down.
After finishing his biography by Walter Issacson I absolutely despise his terrible, bullying leadership style. I wouldn’t even last a full day with this tyrant. But at 53 a lot of us older folks don’t put up with the BS by prior experience 😂
I agree! I have no idea how anyone can read that and come away admiring Musk.
Hey Alex - I was wondering if you're aware that Elon Musk is neurodiverse and that this is classed as a physical disability?
One of the ways that neurodiversity can show up is very low level of regulation of the nervous system. Another way it can show up is in the inability to identify and process emotions. It might also be the case that Elon Musk has ADHD, which causes biological surges of adrenaline and increases risk taking, rapid idea generation and difficulty in focussing on tasks....
I'm not condoning things that Elon is doing but to criticize him without factoring in his neurodiversity is a bit like criticizing someone in a wheelchair for not being able to walk.
I understand he is a public figure and ripe for being analysed but in the interests of being equitable and inclusive to the neurodiverse community, it's really important that the challenges of neurodiversity as a disability are considered and included in your analysis.
Should he not be a leader as a neurodiverse person?
Should he limit himself on account of his disability?
What needs to be understood about neurodiversity to give neurodiverse people access to the same inclusivity and rights as neurotypical people?
I can see that there might be things that Musk needs to do to get additional support or understanding of himself and his leadership style but to criticise his leadership and attributes without factoring in a conversation about neurodiversity is very damaging and irresponsible from the perspective of equity, diversity and inclusion.
Maybe Elon Musk is immature or maybe he is a neurodiverse person who has received little to no support in understanding himself. I suspect Elon Musk is a little bit of both of these things but it hurts me to see a video from you that fails to paint the whole picture and in doing so, fails to acknowledge the challenges that neurodiverse people face daily in the world. Bear in mind that the funding and support for neurodiversity globally is shockingly low, to the point of being almost non-existent.
Almost all coaching, therapy and psychology support is biased towards the neurotypical experience and therefore harmful for neurodiverse people. Education systems and medical institutions globally do not understand or accommodate the neurodiverse experience. Are Musk's failings his own fault or they an indicator of the desperately lacking support of neurodiverse people? And more importantly, how can you use your platform to highlight the issues that neurodiverse people face rather than perpetuating an idea that neurodiverse people are immature, lacking or unsuitable for leadership roles?
Good point. My two cents are this: Plenty of neurodivergent people are not asshats :) If his disability means that he can't treat the people he leads well, then he should not lead people.
It reminds me of the debate around Kanye. Kanye is bipolar and that probably explains a lot of his most bizarre behavior. But plenty of bipolar people are not asshats :)
So in my view, it really does not absolve them from blameor shield them from criticism.
I'm not sure your wheelchair analogy holds up - it seems more like I'm criticizing someone without legs for repeatedly and deliberately running over people in their wheelchair :)
@@WoohooInc Yeah I get what you're saying and I don't disagree that potentially Elon Musk is immature and/or needs to spend some time learning about himself and doing some inner work. However, the thing that is missing for me in your video is any reference to Elon's neurodiversity at all.
The skill, self-awareness and effort that it takes to understand yourself when you have neurodiversity is off the charts and the way that neurodiversity shows up can and does naturally have an impact on how you interact with other people. So.... should neurodiverse people stop interacting in the world because they are likely to be 'too direct', or might miss the nuance in a situation, or have biological difficulty controlling their emotions? Should a neurodiverse person not be a leader? No! Of course not! Especially when you factor in the massive lack of understanding, research and support for ND people.
Imagine if there were no wheelchairs.... and double amputees were unable to leave their homes.... would you call them lazy? Probably not.... you'd recognise that they didn't have fair access to the support they need to live. What I'm saying is that it would be good to hear a perspective within your analysis of Elon Musk that takes into account the fact that he probably hasn't ever been given access to a wheelchair....
Neurodiverse people (especially of Musk's age) are likely to have not received any adjustments to their education on account of their unique needs. They are likely to have never experienced the feeling of true integration in a group setting. They are unlikely to have ever been offered therapy or coaching with someone who understands neurodiversity. Worse than that, if they have accessed therapy or coaching it is likely to have been damaging to their psychology because the support will have been biased to the NT experience and not at all sympathetic of their needs. In effect, they will have likely never been given the adjustments or support they need (such as giving a wheelchair to a double amputee) to understand themselves or learn tools to embrace and live well, with their neurological differences.
The way that being ND impacts a person affects their ability and ease with which they interact with others. If you are wheelchair user and happen to also be an a-hole then maybe you are just an a-hole. If you are neurodiverse and other people perceive your behaviour and communication style to be difficult, it is highly likely that your neurodiversity is impacting that.
I'm not saying that Musk isn't an a-hole (I'm not saying with any certainty that he is either) but it is a real shame not to include information about how his neurodiversity is impacting his abilities to relate to others. He deserves at the very least some mention of how different his life experience is, how much his neurodiversity is likely impacting his behaviour and how little knowledge or support there is available for neurodiverse people to understand themselves in a way that is taken for granted by NTs.
Maybe Musk is an a-hole but I have no doubt that societal factors around the lack of support in the ND world have played a part in his behaviour and personality. This deserves to factored in before he is simply called immature or arrogant.
The most practical and ethical fix is that he resigns and deals with his issues. There is absolutely no ethical reason for him to stay in power.
Who cares.
@@james_chatman I agree completely. He should not be leading anyone ever.