Nokia: crisis, what crisis?
There is no doubting Stephen Elop and his lieutenants’ resolve to rebuild the mobile phone company’s platform, having declared that it is burning. But having interviewed the chief executive and some of...
View ArticleGoogle, Motorola and the road not taken
One problem with examining the road not taken is that it’s usually impossible to tell whether you took the right route until it’s too late to change course. The announcement of the Google-Motorola...
View ArticleFT column: Nokia: From ‘burning platform’ to a slimmer management model
When Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop booked the Grand Tarabya hotel in Istanbul for the group’s annual leadership meeting at the end of January, he planned a spectacular finale. As the meeting of...
View ArticleWhy Nokia’s strategic road led to Microsoft
What is the Finnish for “I told you so”? That is how plenty of Finns – including a large number of ex-Nokians, swept out in successive restructurings since Stephen Elop took charge of Nokia in 2010 –...
View ArticleIntroducing Steve & Stephen, the new couple trying to save Nokia (again)
First came Ben & Jerry’s. Now we have a new brand: Steve & Stephen. It sounds like a men’s hairdressing salon, but turns out to be the sign-off used by Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop in their...
View ArticleStephen Elop’s tactless bonus for leaving Finland
The news that Stephen Elop is receiving a pay-off of €18.8m to move from Nokia back to Microsoft will be the last nail in the coffin of his reputation in Finland, where many people resent what happened...
View ArticleDivorce: what happens in the CEO’s bedroom matters to the boardroom
Stephen Elop, ex-Nokia, soon-to-be ex-husband I firmly believe boards need to be less squeamish about prying into their senior executives’ private lives, particularly when divorce is looming, because...
View ArticleWhat Microsoft’s Nadella really meant in that memo to staff
New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has produced an opening memo to employees that is rich in repetitive rhetoric but short on substance. Here is what he really meant. From: Satya Nadella To: All Employees...
View ArticlePoetry and jobs are the victims in Stephen Elop’s Microsoft memo
There is no longer much call for poetry at Microsoft’s devices division, the bulk of which consists of Nokia’s old handset business. Stephen Elop, former Nokia chief executive, now heads the Microsoft...
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