UNIT – II
Satya
Nadella’s Email to His Employees on his First Day as CEO of Microsoft
About
Satya Nadella:
Satya Narayana Nadella was born in 1967 in Hyderabad and
was educated in the Hyderabad Public School. He pursued BE in electronic
engineering from the Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal. He then moved to
the US to study MS (Computer Science) from the University of Wisconsin. His
career took off when he became a member of the technology staff in Sun
Microsystems and then got a job offer from Microsoft where he worked his way up
the ranks and on 4 February 2014, he was appointed CEO of Microsoft.
Introduction: After taking over as the new CEO, Nadella sent an email to
the Microsoft employees. The email is a warm and friendly one in which he
introduces himself to the employees and
also reveals his passion and dedication. It is an inspirational call to his
co-workers to do the best they can. Nadella talks about the company's vision
and the direction it envisages to move in.
Q1.
What are the three factors that Nadella lists as his formative influences?
Q2.
What inspires Nadella?
Ans. In the letter
introducing himself to the employees, Nadella says that he is 46 and has been
married for 22 years. He has 3 kids and his ideology and thoughts have been
shaped by his family and his overall life experiences. His acquaintances say
that he is defined by his curiosity and thirst for learning. He buys more books
than he could read and regularly signs up for several online courses to keep
himself updated. He strongly believes that if we are not learning new things,
we stop doing great and useful things. Hence family, curiosity and thirst for knowledge are the three factors that made Satya Nadella
what he was.
Q3.
Why did Nadella choose to work at Microsoft?
Q4.
Why did Nadella believe that Microsoft was the best company in the world?
Ans. Nadella says that he,
like most people, joined Microsoft to change the world through technology that
empowers people to do amazing things. The Microsoft team proved it in the past and
is continuing to do the same. He says that talent, resources and perseverance
are the foundation on which a company attains great heights, and concludes by
saying that Microsoft has all of this in plenty.
Nadella believes that Microsoft is
uniquely situated to achieve its goal of being a tech leader in the coming
decades as well, because it can harness the power of software as well as
hardware, through its acquisition of Nokia.
Microsoft is the only company with the
history and continued focus in building platforms and ecosystems that create
broad opportunity.
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Q5.
What did Nadella predict for the future of technology?
Q6.
In which direction is technology evolving, according to Nadella?
Q7.
How will evolving technology make an impact on the lives of common people? How
can Microsoft contribute to this?
Q8.
What are the unique selling points of Microsoft, according to Nadella?
Ans. Nadella forecasts cloud
computing, machine learning, insights from big data and increasingly ubiquitous
technology with connected devices as the future, and says that Microsoft will
have to evolve to keep pace with these emerging technologies and trends.
Microsoft’s goal in its early years
was to have a PC in every home and on every desk. This goal has largely been
achieved in the developed world. Today, the world has more or less moved away
from PCs and instead favors Mobile and Clouds-Computing devices.
Nadella believes that going forward,
Microsoft must focus on innovations which empower people to do more and improve
their lives.
Nadella believes that Microsoft is
uniquely situated to achieve its goal of being a tech leader in the coming
decades as well, because it can harness the power of software as well as
hardware, through its acquisition of Nokia.
Q9.
How does Nadella try to motivate his employees in his letter?
Q10.
What will help employees find meaning in their work?
Ans. Nadella believes that Microsoft
is a great place to work in because it believes in empowering its employees to
innovate.
Nadella says that employees commonly
underestimate their role in a company, and overestimate the role of others. He
says that each employee must work towards innovating technology which will make
people’s lives better and easier, and this way, they can also find meaning and
joy in their work.
Q11.
What is Nadella’s strategy for Microsoft as it steps into the new decade?
Q12.
Briefly describe Nadella’s thoughts on innovation and its importance.
Q13.
What philosophy is at the heart of Nadella’s vision for Microsoft?
Ans. This is a critical time
for the industry and for Microsoft.
Nadella wants Microsoft to gear up for the increasing competition and
prove itself as a strong rival to its competitors like it was a decade back.
Nadella emphasises on the need to priorotise
innovation that helps to empower users
and organisations to ‘do more’. This starts with clarity of purpose and sense
of mission that lead to imagine the impossible and deliver it. All the
employees need to do their best work, lead and help drive cultural change. Each
of the employees should find meaning in his work.
The Microsoft team proved it in the
past and must continue to do the same. He says that talent, resources and
perseverance are the foundation on which a company attains great heights, and
concludes by saying that Microsoft has all of this in plenty.
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