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Huge difficulty of Microsoft CEO search is explained by a huge diversity of Microsoft business and existing problems (everything is tied to Windows, Windows pop
by amaks 13y ago
Huge difficulty of Microsoft CEO search is explained by a huge diversity of Microsoft business and existing problems (everything is tied to Windows, Windows popularity is declining in post PC world, weak mobile story). All candidates seem to be experienced with only specific aspects of Microsoft business (enterprise - Nadella, mobile/office - Elop, Sinofski is gone). Steve Jobs once gave Larry Page advise to consolidate Google's product offerings because Google was all over the place, which Page is seemingly following. Microsoft needs to do the same, find a single vision (which is not Windows) and aim for that with their "One Microsoft" story. Likewise, they need to have a 'visionary' as their CEO, which is damn hard to find externally, and likely impossible internally.