First published 2017
Satya Nadella chronicles his transformation of Microsoft from within, mapping his personal journey from childhood in India to leading major technological shifts in the digital age. The Microsoft CEO shares his vision for the coming era of intelligent technologies. The book examines individual change, Microsoft's internal transformation, and humanity's most disruptive technological wave yet, encompassing artificial intelligence, mixed reality, and quantum computing. Nadella explores how people, organizations, and societies must update themselves in their constant pursuit of new energy, fresh ideas, ongoing relevance, and reinvention. At its core, the work focuses on human beings and how empathy will become increasingly valuable as technology disrupts the status quo like never before. Beyond reflecting on scientific advances, Nadella recounts his childhood before immigrating to America and his leadership development. He shares thoughts on becoming CEO as a relative unknown following Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, explaining how Microsoft rediscovered its identity and transformed everything from culture to business partnerships within the competitive industry landscape.
Genres: business, leadership, computers, non-fiction, biography-memoir, technology, 21st-century, artificial-intelligence
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-transformation, rags-to-riches
Setting: America, India
Period: 21st-century
304 pages · Kindle Edition · HarperCollins Espanol