An email consisting of 1,500 words was sent by CEO Satya Nadella to all employees of Microsoft, aimed at changing their work drive and mindset by letting them know the newly formulated company mission.
The employees were able to read the said email 10 days ago that served as a reminder. One forwarded it to Lucy Kellaway, Associate Editor of Financial Times who was also disappointed of its being unreadable.
None could digest the 1,500-word elaborations on drivers, the nature, platforms and going beyond the limits. It seemed to be a big deal because it was written by the head of the company. But if only one could go through it, it would sound more of a pointless hyperbole. Besides the name of the author of the email, there is nothing attractive in it.
Mr. Nadella proudly announces, "Every great company has an enduring mission." Despite having no definite mission, Financial Times for instance survived 12 decades, which proves Nadella's statement to be a fallacy, though having a good point.
The Irish Times notes the mission that he was talking about was "To empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more."
The mission, with the word "planet" used, hints readers that it is broader that anyone could imagine. Bill Gates made a better one than this in the first few years of Microsoft which states, "computer on every desk and in every home". That made far more sense than in the latter.
According to the CEO, the mission was supposed to empower everyone, but it doesn't even embolden anyone to achieve an explicit target. Instead, a wide-range goal was set.
