Leadership, not AI, has made Microsoft the world's #1 company
How Satya Nadella's steady hand and the backing of a patient board has taken Microsoft back to the top spot, and exposed its rivals
Microsoft leapfrogged Apple to become the world’s most valuable company this weekend, reaping the rewards of a long and fearless strategy to target cloud and AI.
It’s a momentous changing of the guard as Cupertino has led for a decade, and it proves AI has rewritten the economics of media, and the world.
The New York Times reacted by quoting a bullish stock analyst predicting Microsoft will now rise to a $3.5 trillion valuation.
No pun intended Tim, but they’re undercooking it.
The success is the result of a great execution of a great strategy, but even more than that, it’s the result of strong leadership, and a lack of leadership from rivals.
CEO Satya Nadella looks gangster.
Leadership and strategic foresight have been forgotten and undervalued in recent years.
A few years ago, a media giant offered me the job of a lifetime. Suits flew from New York with a contract offering me fame, r…
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