<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-05-22 13:45 GMT+04:00 Badru Ntege <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:badru.ntege@nftconsult.com" target="_blank">badru.ntege@nftconsult.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-"><span id="gmail-m_5475708289710871307OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><blockquote id="gmail-m_5475708289710871307MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br><br>
when i look at your RIPE Board each individual is a distinguished<br>
achiever both academically and professionally. your chair studied at<br>
one of the best universities in the world.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>He did not say we ignore their academic achievement.</div><div>He actually say their professional achievement is much important, even more than academic one</div></div></div></div></blockquote></span><div><br></div></span><div>So “professional” covers many facets. I might be the best routing expert in the world but very little business acumen. And Vis Vasa. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>that correct. may be we should say 'professional' in the context of being a directeur or bord member</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div><br></div><div>So whats the Job to be done as a board member of an RIR??.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>we can all agree it is not routing or writing code (even though if we is another company, this may be exactly what is needed)</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div><br></div><div>The best routing expert might not have the necessary skill sets for this role.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>correct. unless that routing expert maybe setup and has successfully run their own company or serve as CTO in some successful company before where he has acquire other skill that apart from routing - strategy, execution, legal, finance, parthership etc</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>his routing expert is NOT a liability, is just not relevant in this role. (even though it *may* be useful sometime during the job). No body is saying academic or other technical professional accomplishment are bad, i am just saying good or bad of an accomplishment must be decide by what is expected from a bord member.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div><br></div><div>I believe this thread is really asking whether as Afrinic we have set up the right criteria to get the best leadership for the current and near challenges.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>finally! that indeed is the question. and if we have those, we can start to evaluate qualify of candidates better.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div><br></div><div>Reference has been made to CEO’s without the qualifications succeeding. Please go back and look at the board make up of all those CEO’s organizations, and I can guarantee you they will mostly have MBA’s PHD’s etc.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>correlation != causation</div><div>education is clearly very very very very important. Degree is just one way to meaure that (that lazy way actually)</div><div><br></div><div>I keep referring you on this subject to the well researched articles that does deep analysis </div><div><br></div><div>See <a href="https://hbr.org/2015/11/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world">https://hbr.org/2015/11/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world</a> -- only 26% of top 100 CEOs have an MBA<br></div><div><br></div><div>If you want more detailed review of this issue by one of world top management thinker ... get the book "Manager Not MBA" </div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Not-MBAs-Management-Development/dp/1576753514">https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Not-MBAs-Management-Development/dp/1576753514</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>but again, you run a business and you do know what i am talking about better even</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> Regards</div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>BN</div></font></span></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Borg le Chevalier<br>___________________________________<br>"Common sense is what tells us the world is flat" </div>
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