Elon Musk: Management and leadership the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde way

EDINBURGH — I've had a few scary bosses in my time. The scariest one was a ruthless young woman who played "shuffle the humans" with yellow sticky notes on a company organogram. Most employees would comment behind this MD's back that each day they wondered if today would be the day they were fired, while booking off for "stress" became a common complaint among her "direct reports". Still, the PLC bosses were happy with her, because she ensured that the quarterly finances looked rosy. Also not caring much about how people are treated are Tesla fans. Behind the scenes of the car company developed to make the world a better place by cutting carbon emissions, Elon Musk has been creating havoc in people's lives. Wired magazine has an in-depth feature on what life is like working for a man who is undoubtedly pioneering on a grand scale, but some would say is a bully. – Jackie Cameron

By Thulasizwe Sithole

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was brilliant, with his pedantic attention to detail ensuring Apple products have been sought-after luxuries, but he wasn't likeable as an individual. Elon Musk, according to Wired, is the new Steve Jobs – a clever inventor, but an unpleasant person to work for.

In a lengthy feature piece, Wired tells how the South Africa-born businessman behind PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX is the modern-day equivalent of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

First, the insights into Musk's mind:

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