Why RIM needs to fire its co-CEOs

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Tom Krazit for paidContent.org:

As they tried once again Thursday evening to urge financial analysts to look ahead to a brighter future while once again delaying the release of a crucial product, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis failed to give anyone a reason to think RIM will be a player in mobile during 2012 or to explain why they should still have their jobs.

We’re happy Balsillie and Lazaridis are around if just for the comic relief.


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    The guys at macgasm recently posted their top referring keywords from Google, I wonder which spot keywords related to RIM would show up for the Loop ;)

  • Anonymous

    Don’t blame the co CEO, RIM has strange culture and political environment.

    In RIM if a new hired person figure out major problem and introduce efficient approach, both manager and his buddy group member will proof their wrong approach works. just like someone point out driving a car is right way, pushing a car is wrong way, then both manager and his buddy group member will hate you, and proof that 3 person can also move the car by pushing it. cheating email will be sent to some vice president, saying like: see, the car moving, pushing a car is a natural part of the process, in order to deny contribution of introduce skill of drive a car, thet deny merit of driving a car.

    It is very strange company culture and strange company political environment, it promote stealing and cheating skill. RIM’s management may be a typical instance in MBA course.

    This culture deny or steal hardworking team members’ contribution/innovation, generate strange political environment, destroy RIM.

    so it is not the CEO, it is because some of its VP and expert, they generate strange culture and self-distruct political environment.