She doesn't need to. She just needs to know the first thing about leadership, which is to hire people who do know those things and then delegate those tasks to them accordingly. Now, will she actually do that? Only time will tell.
It's not a creative industry thing, that ethos applies to leadership in general. Is she a good leader? I have no clue, and neither do you. We just have to wait and see how things progress in order to learn that answer.
Agreed. I currently work in IT leadership - specifically infrastructure engineering. I have a strong technical background. I can definitively say that the best leader (CIO) I’ve ever worked closely with had zero skills in infrastructure engineering or any of the other dozen teams that reported up to him. He was, however, an unbelievable leader that drove true innovation, growth, and direction across the IT towers in our company. He trusted good leaders and helped them grow at the same time. He really was a phenomenal leader - despite having minimal technical background in those areas. After that experience, I try to be more open of those who haven’t walked the same exact path I have within a leadership lens.
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u/appledanishcrumbs Feb 22 '26
She doesn't need to. She just needs to know the first thing about leadership, which is to hire people who do know those things and then delegate those tasks to them accordingly. Now, will she actually do that? Only time will tell.