No one comes out well in that article. Iger, Chapek, the Board. I don't know how people can read that, and everything else and come away thinking Disney is a well-run company that just hit the same unanticipated roadblock everyone else did (pandemic and coming out of it). Chapek seems like he wanted the top job, but all the stories seem like he wasn't actually interested in *doing* the job. Not reading necessary materials, agreeing to sign the statement the rest of the industry signed, meeting and schmoozing. Iger is another example of power corrupting. You think you will be the one that doesn't have to be king forever, and can walk away, until someone hands you the ring of power and then it's all about legacy.
I figured that was how it went down, but this reads as even more dysfunctional than I imagined. When you are talking about the C-suites at major companies you think there is some base level of competence. And well, the last few years has been an example how that is totally not the case. The Board follows a trend I see lots of places. Letting problems fester. When forced to have to deal with a problematic situation before it becomes a crisis no one steps up; the bad behavior intensifies because no one wants to stick their neck out. Everyone just hoping the problem will come to their senses, wise up and do better.
