Normally I like hires within, but hiring a board member is just trouble. Particularly one who has been around for the total collapse of the stock. Apple had a natural and trained successor in-house and was running smoothly, HP needs a product guy who can articulate a new HP way.
Ms. Whitman is just the wrong person. Heck, I am not fond about his time at Apple or Be, but Jean-Louis Gassée (if he has learned price does matter) would be a better choice from the product side. He would need a strong CFO and COO to make it work. Not ideal but better.
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Normally I like hires within, but hiring a board member is just trouble. Particularly one who has been around for the total collapse of the stock. Apple had a natural and trained successor in-house and was running smoothly, HP needs a product guy who can articulate a new HP way.
Ms. Whitman is just the wrong person. Heck, I am not fond about his time at Apple or Be, but Jean-Louis Gassée (if he has learned price does matter) would be a better choice from the product side. He would need a strong CFO and COO to make it work. Not ideal but better.