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My personal opinion is that for Microsoft this is a much better solution than to hire an external CEO with an MBA and no background in software/technology. If the news are true then I wish all the luck to Mr. Nadella.
I know this one is.
My personal opinion is that for Microsoft this is a much better solution than to hire an external CEO with an MBA and no background in software/technology. If the news are true then I wish all the luck to Mr. Nadella.
Why? My experience has been that handing the reins tech companies over to accountants or "business people" has been fair to disastrous more frequently than handing them over to tech people with some business training.
A lot of Nokia employees are probably happy it isn't going to be Stephen Elop. I know this one is.
A lot of Nokia employees are probably happy it isn't going to be Stephen Elop. I know this one is.
I'm personally sad. Elop has much better comedic value. Nadella can even turn the company around and save it from irrelevance.
A lot of Nokia employees are probably happy it isn't going to be Stephen Elop. I know this one is.
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I'm personally sad. Elop has much better comedic value. Nadella can even turn the company around and save it from irrelevance.
Indeed, but it is less comedic when you watched the destruction from within...
A lot of Nokia employees are probably happy it isn't going to be Stephen Elop. I know this one is.
As a former NOKIAn I am sad. I want to see MS go down in flames and without Elop it's gonna be difficult. However Indians are also very talented at destroying the spirit of their own companies and alienating their users (see Harman or Adobe) so there is a hope...
Observations: ⚫ This spot's proving very difficult to fill. Both in terms of finding the right person, and in getting them to accept. It's been 160 days from the initial announcement of Ballmer's retirement. ⚫ Given Ballmer's long-standing deficiencies and publicly-voiced dissatisfaction with his performance, this also speaks to very poor succession planning on the part of the Board. This would be they: http://www.mi…
The problem of insiders is that they may embrace the culture that brought the company to where it is now. It's not always a good thing.