THB #113: Au Revoir, Mon Kilar

How does one say “goodbye” to Jason Kilar?

He may the most challenging media figure in this era, so bright and smart and committed, so good at making media come to heel, and yet ever unable to close the deal on his idea of how the world must work. Almost no one is as charismatic in leading, never flinching, in the wrong direction.

Actually… that is an unkind definition. His ideas are not all in the wrong direction. Not mostly in the wrong direction. But what he has shown us, without the cover of The Warring Overlords of Hulu keeping him (in the media perception) from reaching his potential, is that he is yet to be able to express the most important skill of top leaders… to change when it is time to change.

Ironic, given that his argument is often that he is misunderstood because others aren’t willing to change.

Even now, there is an escape route for people who want to believe that his vision is a victim of AT&T’s failures and a need to change overall financial strategies… that what he …