The AIQ Podcast: Director or dictator?

Star CEOs are bringing into question what makes a good leader in a flatter, networked world. In this latest AIQ Podcast, we explore what this means for the overall governance of companies. If Google or Baidu didn’t exist, would we have search engines? If Mark Zuckerberg hadn’t dreamt up Facebook in his dorm room, would we have social media platforms? These may seem absurd questions, as the answer is an obvious ‘yes’, yet the god-like status we bestow on the leaders of organisations often borders on the fanatical. However, when you consider that the incandescent lightbulb was invented by 20 different people within the space of a couple of decades, the randomness of who apparently ‘succeeds’ is hard to comprehend.