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Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone by Greg Shaw, Jill Tracie Nichols, Satya Nadella
4.0
I have been using Microsoft and Windows products for such a long time that I have even lost count. I Started with Windows 98 and have been through the stages of using Windows XP, Vista the most hated operating system that Microsoft has launched to Win7, Win8, Win8.1 and the latest operating system Windows 10.
After reading a couple of review on book review sites, I totally disagree that this book or E-Book is for Microsoft Employees that would like to know or get to know their CEO. The book looks at his life from growing up in an Indian family in Hyderabad where he also did his education as well as personal life where he and how he met his wife In India leading to difficulties they have faced with two children with difficulties they faced as a family. This lead to him to working for Sun Microsystem, then leading to working as an engineer at Microsoft where he assisted on the Windows NT project that is used all major retail outlets and stored around the world on their billing systems, to taking over from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer and becoming the Chief Executive Officer at Microsoft.
The book takes you on a voyage like Captains Kirk, Picard, Sisco, and Jane-way did on the USS enterprise in versions of Star Trek. Looking at how Satya Nadella who has led major projects including the company's move to cloud computing and the development of one of the largest cloud infrastructures in the world. Nadella has also changed the way Microsoft does business with its competitors such as IBM, Salesforce, Apple providing Microsoft office for Apple Mac computers, iPhones and IPads and Linux on Microsoft servers as well as joining the Linux Foundation.
Under Nadella, Microsoft has revised its mission statement to "empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. In comparison to the founder Bill Gates's "a PC on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software", Nadella says that it is an enduring mission, rather than a temporal goal. His key goal has been transforming Microsoft’s corporate culture into one that values continual learning and growth.
A book not just for Microsoft Employee who want to know and understand about their CEO. Looking at the life of Satya Nadella personal and professional.
After reading a couple of review on book review sites, I totally disagree that this book or E-Book is for Microsoft Employees that would like to know or get to know their CEO. The book looks at his life from growing up in an Indian family in Hyderabad where he also did his education as well as personal life where he and how he met his wife In India leading to difficulties they have faced with two children with difficulties they faced as a family. This lead to him to working for Sun Microsystem, then leading to working as an engineer at Microsoft where he assisted on the Windows NT project that is used all major retail outlets and stored around the world on their billing systems, to taking over from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer and becoming the Chief Executive Officer at Microsoft.
The book takes you on a voyage like Captains Kirk, Picard, Sisco, and Jane-way did on the USS enterprise in versions of Star Trek. Looking at how Satya Nadella who has led major projects including the company's move to cloud computing and the development of one of the largest cloud infrastructures in the world. Nadella has also changed the way Microsoft does business with its competitors such as IBM, Salesforce, Apple providing Microsoft office for Apple Mac computers, iPhones and IPads and Linux on Microsoft servers as well as joining the Linux Foundation.
Under Nadella, Microsoft has revised its mission statement to "empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. In comparison to the founder Bill Gates's "a PC on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software", Nadella says that it is an enduring mission, rather than a temporal goal. His key goal has been transforming Microsoft’s corporate culture into one that values continual learning and growth.
A book not just for Microsoft Employee who want to know and understand about their CEO. Looking at the life of Satya Nadella personal and professional.