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True enough - the new direction is always the right one. Lets hope its third time lucky, and you're not interveiwing your 4th CEO in 18 months time !
All sounds positive though, I wish Tue all the best, and look forward to seeing/hearing the results.
Well done Lee, a good report and a lot of work.Being the third 'new CEO' I've interviewed
The new CEO comes aross well and I am sure most of us B&O users would like to see him succeed in maintaining the brand and its iconic products.
My B&O Icons:
I desire instructions/guides that are alot less obscure to comprehend, especially for a new owner
Agree. Most documentation only serves as great examples how not to write a user manual. Also, the product information isn't any better.
Sigmund
I desire instructions/guides that are alot less obscure to comprehend, especially for a new ownerAgree. Most documentation only serves as great examples how not to write a user manual. Also, the product information isn't any better.
Sigmund
Or make the user interface more simple!
This was something discussed as a side-issue during the interview, which Tue whole-heartedly agreed with. Technology is fantastic - as long as it's simple, easy and intuitive to use..
Lee
True enough - the new direction is always the right one. Lets hope its third time lucky, and you're not interveiwing your 4th CEO in 18 months time !
All sounds positive though, I wish Tue all the best, and look forward to seeing/hearing the results.
The problem is that good'ol Tue will have buggered off long before he has to live with the consequenences of the changes he will make .
That is the way to get on in the world.
As a long serving employee of a Dutch mutltinational company, I have lived through several of these guys and heard all the speeches.
In around 2 years or so, at the interview for his next highly lucrative appointment, he will be able to talk about all the "progressive" changes that he was able to make at B&O. The fact that the company is no better off for these changes will not even be mentioned!
Onwards to interview number 4 ........
He sounds good...
BUT let's see if he's just talking like any other manager or if he's getting things done!
In around 2 years or so, at the interview for his next highly lucrative appointment...
I'll probably get shot for saying this, but I do know that Tue has taken a very low salary for a CEO.
In order to get it to what any CEO would expect as 'starting pay' performance has to be at or above the high promises he has made. Without wishing to appear fawning, i think that's a pretty brave thing to do!
Lee
Heys guys, let's not be negative before Tue even starts! Tue has guts and i'm convinced this guy will turn things around at B&O for the better and bring it very much into the 21st Century. I also think he will make it an extremely 'cool' brand for the young generation and keep them as loyal customers. Look how Steve Jobs reinvented Apple at the end of the 90s!
Being a Marketing Manager/Brand Manager myself, I am only too aware of all of the red tape, old wood etc that he has to deal with each day whilst trying to make change. The guy is on the ball and I've got faith in him!
Could not agree more Paul.
I couldn't believe what i was reading even just a year ago, with people lambasting Apple products or MP3. How it was not B&O's thing and it wouldn't sell👍
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