Elon Musk on the most important quality for a leader at a technology company

Processes are only as good as those who lead it. And so what are the traits you look for in those who lead your various businesses and enterprises? Well, I'm very much in technology. So for me, if somebody is going to lead something in technology, they must themselves be good at technology. Meaning that if they going to lead something that involves complex engineering, they must themselves be good at engineering. They don't necessarily need to be the best engineer on the team, but they need to be a. They need to be very competent in their field. So this is, this is incredibly important to me. If somebody is leading a given engineering field or engineering department and they are not good at that, then that would be like a cavalry captain who can't ride a horse. Problem. Problem. Great leader in every way except can't ride a horse. And then you've got to charge into battle and Calvary Captain pulls off the horse. You know, it's not inspiring. So Calvary Captain must be able to ride a horse. That's, that's. So. That, that, that's. Actually, they don't need to be the best horse rider, but they must be confident in this regard, otherwise they cannot evaluate the talent of the team and they don't understand the technology that's being developed. This may seem like a simple thing, but it is often the ca. The case that this, this is overlooked. You know, I don't want to pick on the CEO of Boeing, but he's got a, you know, degree in accounting or something, which I think that's the, you know, you want to have like, someone who knows how airplanes work running the airplane company. I guess I have to cross out my job at Boeing CEO. There goes. Can't do that. It's like you want to, you want to not be the. It's just if you're running an airplane company, you should know how airplane. You should know how airplanes work and how they fly and how to design airplane. I think that's pretty important. So I think it's vital.