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That’s both because of the physicality of computing–where the speed of light still matters–and because of geopolitics.

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That means at times we’ll develop new categories like we did with Surface. It also means we will responsibly make the market for Windows Phone, which is our goal with the Nokia devices and services acquisition.
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This is a critical time for the industry and for Microsoft. Make no mistake, we are headed for greater places – as technology evolves and we evolve with and ahead of it. Our job is to ensure that Microsoft thrives in a mobile and cloud-first world.
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You’re trying to take something that can be described in many, many sentences and pages of prose, but you can convert it into a couple lines of poetry and you still get the essence, so it’s that compression. The best code is poetry.
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I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.
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Like anyone else, a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall life experience. Many who know me say I am also defined by my curiosity and thirst for learning. I buy more books than I can finish.
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A lot of people are joking about the Windows 10 error message that says ‘Something Happened’. Well, that’s not on me. My original idea was to not have any errors at all, and for the operating system to be called Windows RT ME One.
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One of the key things in the tech business in particular is that you need to be able to push boundaries.
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In the post-Snowden world, you need to enable others to build their own cloud and have mobility of applications.
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A big part of my job is to accelerate our ability to bring innovative products to our customers more quickly.
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The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster and continue to transform.
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Every time you think all the technology that had been created already, all you have to do is look around and then there’s someone new who’s born with a new idea.
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Our ambitions are bold and so must be our desire to change and evolve our culture.
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If you are going to have a risk-taking culture, you can’t really look at every failure as a failure, you’ve got to be able to look at the failure as a learning opportunity.
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Technologies will come and go, so you need to be able to both ask and answer the question: What do you do as a company, why do you exist?
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Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources and perseverance. Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance.
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Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. It becomes even more critical that you have the learning ‘bit’ always switched on.
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That’s both because of the physicality of computing–where the speed of light still matters–and because of geopolitics.

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