[stareatgoats]

To me it was more interesting to get a glimpse of Satya Nadellas thought process:

> "as a CEO you need to create that continuous balance between the multiple constituents [that] is the real job"

and

> "Ultimately, if we don’t want to have a race to the bottom, we need to have some laws and regulations that govern how participants in the marketplace can make sure we don’t do things that have unintended consequences."

and more.

One might argue that thinking like this can be obtained in a two-day management course, or an afternoon with the corporate head of PR - still, many leaders don't even seem to understand the benefit of putting such into words, let alone use it as guiding principles.

[whatshisface]

>still, many leaders don't even seem to understand the benefit of putting such into words, let alone use it as guiding principles.

What you're looking at is a second-generation CEO. Nadellas was bred through the executive training program of an established organization, having received many two-day management courses, and he knows that an afternoon with the PR group is a good idea. This is in contrast to Gates and Balmer, which were first-generation "founder" CEOs.