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The email on his first day is an interesting read: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/feb14/02-04mail2.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/pres

by solaris152000 13y ago

The email on his first day is an interesting read: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/feb14/02-04mail2.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/feb14/02-04ma...

fireix 13y ago
What is a good change here is simplicity of language & clarity - Who Am I?, Why am I here, Why are you here and What do we do next. A good departure from corporate bs that is spewed when there is a change of guard. That said Satya Nadella has a task like none other in the business. Good Luck to Satya and MSFT.
cygwin98 13y ago
His tone sounds like a project manager, well, maybe CEO as a role in big corps like MSFT is a glorified PM on a larger scale.
acqq 13y ago
So his visions are "mobile and cloud-first" and "enable" customers to "do more." Still a bit less buzzwordy than Ballmer.
- nailer 13y ago
  Mobile and cloud first could be emphasizing being where customers want Microsoft to be, rather than Windows, which has a tiny portion of mobile and cloud. Microsoft already produce some apps for the web, iOS and Android, and Azure can run Linux VMs. Hopefully they just go wherever people want to pay them, eg, to access MS Office where they need it, even if it isn't via a Windows device.
venomsnake 13y ago
It is interesting how devoid of content it is. I think that much better way to motivate the troops is to give tangible goals and be brief. Anyway good luck be with him - from what I read in his bio he was heading the only part of MS recently that managed to not alienate its customer and developer base.
- caw 13y ago
  Having been at a company that recently underwent a CEO change, the first email is always fluffy. It's a greeting, gives their "big picture" strategy to give some idea of what's new with the new CEO, because that's every employee's concern right now. In the next few weeks, the new CEO will be solidifying everything with Q&As, visiting the various campuses, and announce any new org changes. Org changes will be the big thing that impacts what individual contributors actually do in their jobs. Major changes to the 2014 strategy or goals would be announced soon, but seeing as how it's mid Q1 it's probably going to be changes for Q2 or 2H.
- outside1234 13y ago
  they know that these emails are immediately going to show up externally. that's why there isn't real strategic content in them.
raverbashing 13y ago
Although his email is filled with "corporate BS" and buzzwords it's surprisingly humane. He introduces himself, explains about his way of thinking, tells about his family, for example It's something MS needs. A fresh departure from Ray Ozzie, who looked like said Good Morning to his wife with a Corporate Memo, or from Ballmer, who, although energetic, didn't have a good aim for things (well, to be fair it's difficult to throw chairs with precision)

The email on his first day is an interesting read: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/feb14/02-04mail2.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/feb14/02-04ma...

fireix 13y ago

What is a good change here is simplicity of language & clarity - Who Am I?, Why am I here, Why are you here and What do we do next. A good departure from corporate bs that is spewed when there is a change of guard. That said Satya Nadella has a task like none other in the business. Good Luck to Satya and MSFT.

cygwin98 13y ago

His tone sounds like a project manager, well, maybe CEO as a role in big corps like MSFT is a glorified PM on a larger scale.

acqq 13y ago

So his visions are "mobile and cloud-first" and "enable" customers to "do more." Still a bit less buzzwordy than Ballmer.

nailer 13y ago
Mobile and cloud first could be emphasizing being where customers want Microsoft to be, rather than Windows, which has a tiny portion of mobile and cloud. Microsoft already produce some apps for the web, iOS and Android, and Azure can run Linux VMs. Hopefully they just go wherever people want to pay them, eg, to access MS Office where they need it, even if it isn't via a Windows device.

venomsnake 13y ago

It is interesting how devoid of content it is. I think that much better way to motivate the troops is to give tangible goals and be brief. Anyway good luck be with him - from what I read in his bio he was heading the only part of MS recently that managed to not alienate its customer and developer base.

caw 13y ago
Having been at a company that recently underwent a CEO change, the first email is always fluffy. It's a greeting, gives their "big picture" strategy to give some idea of what's new with the new CEO, because that's every employee's concern right now. In the next few weeks, the new CEO will be solidifying everything with Q&As, visiting the various campuses, and announce any new org changes. Org changes will be the big thing that impacts what individual contributors actually do in their jobs. Major changes to the 2014 strategy or goals would be announced soon, but seeing as how it's mid Q1 it's probably going to be changes for Q2 or 2H.
outside1234 13y ago
they know that these emails are immediately going to show up externally. that's why there isn't real strategic content in them.

raverbashing 13y ago

Although his email is filled with "corporate BS" and buzzwords it's surprisingly humane. He introduces himself, explains about his way of thinking, tells about his family, for example It's something MS needs. A fresh departure from Ray Ozzie, who looked like said Good Morning to his wife with a Corporate Memo, or from Ballmer, who, although energetic, didn't have a good aim for things (well, to be fair it's difficult to throw chairs with precision)