Well, it's a piece of evidence on the other side about necessary operations. One still has to choose to build one's company in one shape or the other, and ideally one does not cargo cult other companies or try to innovate on simple things but there's a lot of value in just choosing to go your own way if you're right.

Things I liked about his stuff are the idea that every management position is a growth position. Some are, and in some you're just ensuring that superstars can play the right way. And you can land where you want on that.