CULTURE
Issue #418
13 Oct 2024
Followers on the tech media will be aware that last couple weeks has seen an ugly confrontation in the Wordpress eco-system, where CEO Matt Mullenweg going nuclear on hosting provider WP Engine, resulting in significant internal conflict as Wordpress employees voiced concerns as to the CEO’s behaviour. This was Mullenweg’s response. I don’t know about the minutae of the dispute, but I am interested in this technique - rapid escalation to end point, with an in vs out proposition, similar in many respects to Brian Armstrong’s ‘Coinbase is a Mission focused Business’ proposition in 2020. What do you think of this approach - tyrannical or great leadership, in pulling off the bandaid? H/T to brainfooder Pedro Oliveira for the share