Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella shares a terrifying reality
Satya Nadella has shared Microsoft's top priority, and it suggests something deeply scary.
Very few executives see the world like Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
He was actually a somewhat surprising pick when he was selected to replace Steve Ballmer. But since he got the job in 2014, he has made very few mistakes in a climate that has been rapidly changing.
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Nadella quickly shifted the company's focus to the cloud, and he has embraced artificial intelligence without making it Microsoft's sole priority.
Microsoft is one of the rare companies that has been able to reinvent itself.
This didn't actually seem that likely during the Windows 8 debacle. At that time, it seemed like the company had given away its operating system advantage to Google’s Android, while making a poor bet in buying Nokia for its phone business.
Most companies that stumble as badly as Microsoft never regain their footing. Take IBM, for example — the company still exists, but it’s now a shell of what it once was.
