{{
`${userDetail.user.displayName}${userDetail.user.cachedBungieGlobalDisplayNameCode ? `#${standardizeBungieGlobalCode(userDetail.user.cachedBungieGlobalDisplayNameCode)}` : ""}`}}
{{getUserClans()}}
Edited by Devasstator:
1/28/2016 6:01:38 PM
1
It does in most cases, but that's also a reflection on having a weak CEO, who should be showing the board the strategy and enforcing and promoting it to get buy in. Jack Welsh is considered one of the best CEOs of all time and he spent 80 percent of his time focusing on people. To paraphrase "the best leaders define a vision, enforce and reinforce the vision, get people excited and see the vision through implementation completion".
The last board I had involvement with had 16 members and it took them over a year to agree on a capital reporting format. Perfect example of a CEO not managing the board well. Strictly focusing on bottom line is another example of weak leadership.
English
-
Ok so let's assume that you are correct. In your view does Bungie changing it's CEO mean anything at all to you and me as gamers or are we pretty much going to see the same thing we saw for the last year or so. If it falls on the CEO and has absolutely nothing to do with anyone else then how would you grade the job done so far at Bungie?
-
Edited by Devasstator: 1/28/2016 6:32:28 PMHonesty....it could go either way right now. If the new CEO truly has a vision for the product and decides this is the direction and gets everyone on board, we may see some improvements (but it will likely be slow moving for now because of the limitations of the Tiger engine). If he is a bean counter who is only interested in serving Activision, we may see even more focus on microtransactions and small scale events as a revenue generating stream. It really depends on how much money Bungie has been bleeding on maintenance over their forecasted cash flows and their baseline operating budgets. Also depends on whether Activision investor confidence has been lower lately. I believe it's under-performing based on original projections (and given the clauses for bonuses tied into performance that Bungie lost) and though profitable, Activsion definitely could see Bungie as a risk now. If that's the case we may see some rapid small tweaks or "wins" to improve the player experience. As for to date, I can totally understand wanting a new CEO. They haven't made any of their bonuses, the sale chart retention shows a very low retention rate and with TTK only sitting at #27 on the top selling list of last year, and if there is any truth to that "employee leak" and that the microtransactions aren't selling as well as they hoped, they had more than enough reasons to want to change the guard. It does sound like they have serious internal communication issues as well which shows weak leadership. Most engineers and techies don't make good managers or leaders!!! They are too involved in the details while no one watches the larger picture.
-
I just want to point out that several of the issues you presented are all based on profit or money which was my only point before, however your answer is exactly what I think right now. We aren't going to know if this is going to help us the gamer for several months. Frankly I see one of 2 things happening: 1. Things improve (slowly) clearer communication externally and happier people internally. The game flips around from the path it is taking and starts hitting the goals they mentioned at release. Maybe we actually see this 10 year plan in action. 2. Nothing improves and the company kills all future releases. Activision pulls the plug and basically says Bungie is too big a risk and they don't have a clear direction. It wouldn't be the first time that a large title had plans for the future and they were all scrapped. I don't want this to happen but all I can do is buy the freaking game I can't run their business. LOL.
-
Yeah that's where I stand. If we don't start seeing more regular and transparent communications quickly (which a good leader would start making small improvements quickly to build momentum for change within the organization), it may end up being more of the same. That's one of the biggest disadvantages of promoting from within. A person with a long-standing history with the company is probably complacent to the culture (good or bad). Activision could pull the plug on Bungies financing at any time, it's within their right. Hopefully Bungie can turn things around and quickly. If they can't, they could fade into obscurity......lots of developers have failed before them. It's always been worrying that Activision only posted actual numbers the first month and has used run-around tactics for reporting on performance since. Make it seem like despite the profits they have made, the project could still be on shaky ground, not meeting ROI.
