
Satya Nadella: Microsoft, Coffee and the Relevance Question
Satya Nadella is a highly accomplished, extremely smart Microsoft executive who is correctly receiving a warm reception from media and pundits. The question that remains open however is – is he the change agent that can help Microsoft avoid the fate that other Wintel players are facing? He clearly seems to have taken to Marc […]

Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft
Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft Note: In a bit of operator error an earlier version of this post clipped off the first para. Here it is restored. Microsoft announced its selection of Satya Nadella to be the third Microsoft CEO today and I wish him well. In a flurry of announcements, Bill Gates also stepped down […]
The Problem With Replacing CEO’s, Boards, and Governance at Big Co’s
At some point, Silicon Valley VC’s, whom I am not always entirely complimentary of, decided it was easier to teach a Founder to be a decent CEO than it was to teach a Big Co Exec to fill in what they’d lose if a Founder left. That doesn’t mean they don’t replace CEO/Founders, but it […]