HBO’s Secret Sauce Is Healthy Neurosis, Plepler Says

Broadcasting & Cable: The key to HBO’s creative and commercial success is a culture where staffers are pushed to innovate constantly, said Richard Plepler, HBO chairman and CEO, and freely dissent with upper management when it strikes them. Plepler spoke of a “healthy neurosis” within HBO. “We’re a bunch of healthy neurotics. I’m one, and I’m surrounded by them. That’s a good thing. There’s not a scintilla of complacency inside our company.”