英特爾(Intel)首席執(zhí)行官交棒的日子邁向倒數(shù)計(jì)時(shí)階段──該公司現(xiàn)任首席執(zhí)行官歐德寧(Paul Otellini)預(yù)定在5月16日退休，產(chǎn)業(yè)界都在關(guān)注這家全球最大芯片制造商最新掌門(mén)人將會(huì)是誰(shuí)。 對(duì)此英特爾的官方說(shuō)法是該公司管理團(tuán)隊(duì)已經(jīng)在尋覓首席執(zhí)行官接班人選，好在年度股東大會(huì)之前發(fā)表新人事；市場(chǎng)研究機(jī)構(gòu)Linley Group的首席分析師Linley Gwennap的看法是：“我認(rèn)為他們會(huì)為了職務(wù)交接更有條理，而提早公布新首席執(zhí)行官名單?！? 筆者先前就說(shuō)過(guò)，英特爾需要有一位像是IBM從煙草商RJR Nabisco挖角來(lái)的Lou Gerstner那樣、率領(lǐng)公司成功轉(zhuǎn)型的新首席執(zhí)行官；目前PC產(chǎn)業(yè)衰退速度高于預(yù)期，而且英特爾在這波智能手機(jī)熱潮中，一直無(wú)法進(jìn)駐一線品牌產(chǎn)品。 Gwennap認(rèn)為，英特爾的狀況并沒(méi)有很糟：“英特爾里有很多東西做得很好，”包括其“獨(dú)特”的企業(yè)文化。據(jù)了解，英特爾內(nèi)部的會(huì)議總是讓重大決策案正反意見(jiàn)雙方直接面對(duì)面辯論，誰(shuí)最有理誰(shuí)就贏，然后大伙兒再一起出去喝酒，為打了一場(chǎng)精采的仗而慶祝。 此外英特爾的快節(jié)奏、頻繁的策略轉(zhuǎn)換、組織重整以及獨(dú)特的做法等等也在產(chǎn)業(yè)界很出名──例如該公司較大規(guī)模的事業(yè)群會(huì)有兩位資深主管共同領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。 所以Gwennap表示，若英特爾找一個(gè)純粹外來(lái)的人士擔(dān)任首席執(zhí)行官，公司恐怕會(huì)面臨停擺危機(jī)；而若是這位新領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人帶來(lái)：“文化上的沖突，他恐怕會(huì)失去一些高層主管；英特爾是一家復(fù)雜的企業(yè)，主將若沒(méi)有趁職的助手，公司的運(yùn)作可能會(huì)脫軌?！? Gwennap 與筆者都認(rèn)為，有一個(gè)可信度很高的情況是，該公司會(huì)找一位“回鍋”的前英特爾人來(lái)接班，例如Pat Gelsinger (編按：VMware現(xiàn)任首席執(zhí)行官，曾任職英特爾三十年)，以及Michael Splinter (編按：美商應(yīng)材現(xiàn)任首席執(zhí)行官，曾任職英特爾二十年)都是不錯(cuò)的人選。

圖左：Pat Gelsinger，右：Michael Splinter
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{pagination} 前面這兩位產(chǎn)業(yè)資深老將都具備從英特爾外部與內(nèi)部看這家公司的經(jīng)歷，也深知公司治理之道，并擁有足夠的經(jīng)驗(yàn)?zāi)軐⒁恍┫敕ㄒ愿玫姆绞礁吨T實(shí)行。 無(wú)論如何，有兩件事情是可以確定的；首先，英特爾這一回的首席執(zhí)行官交棒將跟以往不同，因?yàn)闅W德寧顯然不打算在退休后繼續(xù)擔(dān)任董事會(huì)職務(wù)，像以前幾任首席執(zhí)行官 Gordon Moore、Andy Grove與Craig Barratt那樣，因此這會(huì)是該公司的一次“換檔”，而非僅僅加速而已。 此外筆者也預(yù)期，英特爾將會(huì)有出人意料之舉；這家公司總是比其它規(guī)模差不多的公司動(dòng)作迅速──在他們兩腳都跨足新市場(chǎng)之后，一旦發(fā)現(xiàn)苗頭不對(duì)，都能馬上抽身而出?？傊覀兛梢源_信，在不到三十天的時(shí)間內(nèi)將有大事發(fā)生，而且英特爾不會(huì)放棄智能手機(jī)市場(chǎng)。 本文授權(quán)編譯自EE Times，版權(quán)所有，謝絕轉(zhuǎn)載 編譯：Judith Cheng 參考英文原文：Could Intel’s new CEO be blast from past?，by Rick Merritt

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{pagination} Could Intel’s new CEO be blast from past? Rick Merritt The world’s biggest chip maker is due for a new chief executive in less than 30 days and a returning veteran could fill the chair nicely. The clock is ticking down toward the deadline for Intel to name a new chief executive, and people are starting to notice. Paul Otellini is set to retire on May 16 when the world’s largest semiconductor maker has its next shareholder meeting. An Intel representative would only say the executive team is working on the CEO search, aiming to deliver the new leader before the shareholder meeting. “I was thinking they would announce a couple months early so they could have an orderly transition,” said Linley Gwennap, a veteran Intel watcher and principal analyst of The Linley Group (Mountain View, Calif.). I’ve been saying Intel needs its equivalent of a Lou Gerstner, the man from RJR Nabisco who led the corporate makeover at IBM. It’s a new day with PCs on a faster than predicted decline as smartphones boom without Intel silicon in any top tier handsets. Gwennap thinks Intel’s situation is less dire. “There are a lot of things at Intel working well,” including its “unique” corporate culture, he said. Intel is well known for meetings that are screaming matches where opposing sides go head-to-head on big decisions. The best fighter wins and at least sometimes all sides go out for a beer, congratulating each other on a battle well fought. The x86 giant is also known for its fast pace, frequent strategic shifts and re-orgs and unique practices—such as having two senior execs share leadership of a big business unit. Hail the conquering hero With “a true outsider [for CEO], the company would grind to a halt,” said Gwennap. If a new leader creates a “culture clash [he could] lose top managers, and Intel is a complex business to run without good lieutenants--the trains will be off schedule,” he said. Gwennap and I agree on one strong possibility—the new CEO could be a returning hero. Pat Gelsinger or Michael Splinter are prime candidates. They have seen Intel from the inside and the outside, learned how to work its corporate levers and have had enough experience to have some ideas how it could be better. Two things I expect for sure. This transition won’t be like past ones. Otellini apparently has no plan to graduate from CEO to chairman as Gordon Moore, Andy Grove and Craig Barratt did before him. That alone tells me this transition will be more of a gear shift than a smooth acceleration. I also expect Intel will surprise me. It often does. Moving faster than other companies its size, it has jumped with both feet into new markets and then pulled out of them just as fast when they didn’t pan out. The only thing that’s really clear is something significant will happen in less than 30 days, and Intel won’t be jumping out of the smartphone market.