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By that logic it almost sounds as if Meg Whitman was highly qualified to run HP…


She was qualified.

Are you saying that her previous experience shouldn't have counted as a positive attribute for being hired?


The Sun rose consistently during her tenure at eBay but we certainly don’t give credit for that.

eBay would have succeeded even if a Labrador retriever was CEO - due to everyone else’s efforts.


Were so many people saying that when Meg Whitman left eBay? Are people saying that about Mira Murati? -I haven't heard anything to suggest she gets no credit for ChatGPT (the product/technical execution, not the model)


It's true that eBay did well during her tenure. And it's also true that she was a better grownup than the people running it before. But she also said that a monkey could drive the train. Would someone else have done better? Could a monkey have delivered the same results? We'll never know, but the experience at HP doesn't validate her as a business genius.


It's a false signal




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