I've worked for someone very like her.

It's worse than reckless. They make not-knowing part of their operating model.

And they make sure nobody else with power and influence does too much knowing either. Silos, stay in your lane, don't ask questions about how your department's KPIs mesh with the next one over, or what conclusions might be inferred.

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wisty an hour ago | parent | next [-]

When a lawyer says "reckless" it's an extremely strong word. It doesn't mean "negligent", IANAL (and it depends on the state etc) but it's more like if you knowingly run over a pedestrian in your way, and you aren't trying to hurt them but don't care if they get hurt. And often criminal law will treat it as just a little less bad than intent.

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kromokromo 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How does this work though. At the end of the day, you can’t as a CEO say “I didn’t know” when your whole operating model is a scam.

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Slow_Hand 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes. So many of her replies to Nathan's questions were "I don't know" or "I don't remember" or "I don't understand" for questions that were very straightforward.

At her level of responsibility she'd better know. Whatever the case, she's either deceitful or incompetent. Neither answer is flattering or acceptable.

	▲	orwin 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's manufactured incompetence. You can see it a lot in companies who use a lot of subcontractors.
	▲	ashdksnndck 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Deceitful vs delusional or incompetent matters for your legal defense, your parole hearing etc

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swiftcoder 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> At the end of the day, you can’t as a CEO say “I didn’t know” when your whole operating model is a scam.

There's always the chance one could have ridden fake-it-till-you-make-it long enough for the engineers to solve the underlying issues...

	▲	willis936 an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		While far from a complete technical breakdown, Hank Green's recent video on Theranos is a good starting point. These are not serious people. The special sauce has never been the self promotion. https://youtu.be/d9EaqyoA29E
	▲	kronnpp 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It is one thing to fake and misrepresent the completeness of a video game, but it is entirely another to provide false or unverified medical results to patients.