{"id":2869,"date":"2014-02-04T18:48:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T23:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2869"},"modified":"2014-02-04T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T23:48:11","slug":"the-quotable-satya-nadella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/02\/04\/the-quotable-satya-nadella","title":{"rendered":"The quotable Satya Nadella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has its third CEO in its entire history (started 1975), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/news\/ceo\/index.html\">Satya Nadella<\/a>. Some choice quotes &amp; thoughts\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/article_email\/SB30001424052702303743604579355280326510974-lMyQjAzMTA0MDAwMjEwNDIyWj?utm_content=buffere8d2a&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">WSJ<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What drives me every morning and what keeps me up every night is one thing: this business is not about longevity, it&#8217;s about relevance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Via his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/news\/press\/2014\/feb14\/02-04mail2.aspx\">letter<\/a> to his employees:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\">Our industry does not respect tradition \u2013 it only respects innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\">Many who know me say I am also defined by my curiosity and thirst for learning. I buy more books than I can finish. I sign up for more online courses than I can complete.<strong> I fundamentally believe that if you are not learning new things, you stop doing great and useful things.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\">This starts with clarity of purpose and sense of mission that will lead us to imagine the impossible and deliver it. We need to prioritize innovation that is centered on our core value of empowering users and organizations to \u201cdo more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;\">I truly believe that each of us must find meaning in our work. The best work happens when you know that it&#8217;s not just work, but something that will improve other people&#8217;s lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Not sure about this &#8220;one microsoft&#8221; idea (I hear too much of 1Malaysia), but the elements required to aspire to change the world stand strong: talent, resources, and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>Definitely an exciting time to see what Microsoft can bring to the table. Not to mention that opensource and cloud computing is pretty much everywhere these days\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20The%20quotable%20Satya%20Nadella&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2014%2F02%2F04%2Fthe-quotable-satya-nadella&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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Via his letter to his employees: Our industry does not respect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20The%20quotable%20Satya%20Nadella&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2014%2F02%2F04%2Fthe-quotable-satya-nadella&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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