Reentry
I just finished reading Eric Berger's Reentry , a follow up to his previous book Liftoff , documenting the history of the SpaceX company. SpaceX, along with a couple of other companies 1 , have completely "disrupted" the business of launching rockets. It's the story of SpaceX achieving affordable reusability of a rocket booster. The book also reveals the tyrannical side of Elon Musk. On the one hand, there should be little doubt that Musk's drive and demanding leadership style are responsible for the exceptional success of his businesses, but on the other hand he seems like the boss from hell. He screams at people, issues summary firings without process, sets unreasonable deadlines, and demands hundred hour work weeks. He works around the clock and he thinks everybody else should too. Still, he gets results. The other thing revealing about the book is the degree to which established forces and bureaucracy attempted to protect the existing interests and processes...
