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How Satya Nadella Rebuilt Microsofts Internal Culture First
When Satya Nadella became CEO of Microsoft in 2014, many expected a strategic pivot to mobile or a breakup of the company. Instead, he started with culture. This episode explores how Nadella identified the 'know-it-all' mindset that had calcified under Steve Ballmer and replaced it with a 'learn-it-all' philosophy. We trace the specific actions he took in his first 100 days: reading a book on empathy, mandating a company-wide growth-mindset training, and killing the stack-ranking system that had pitted employees against each other. The result: a culture shift that paved…
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