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Reading notes : Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella

Taking over one of the largest and path breaking software firms in the world, let alone transforming it, after it was lead by the legendary founder Bill Gates and the master marketer Steve Balmer, is no joke. Satya didn't have the customary "track record" of being the CEO of big firms nor had any previous stints at leading giant companies. I will lose sleep over just hearing the news of it, let alone putting myself in the shoes of Satya on the verge of becoming the CEO of Microsoft. None can be more curious to know more than myself on how did he manage it, how did he even take it especially when large clouds of concerns where looming around Microsoft and prevalent question around its relevance at the time of Cloud, Mobility and the world of co-creation and open source software platforms. Numerous questions came about on just thinking about this : How will he manage it? How will he secure the support of his long standing senior colleagues? How will he turn this behemoth