Where's Your Ed At- The Cult of Microsoft
Where's Your Ed At- The Cult of Microsoft
At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of social poison — an ill-defined, cult-like pseudo-scientific concept called 'The Growth Mindset" that drives company decision-making in everything from how products are sold, to how your on-the-job perform...
Spooky stuff that helps explain a lot of the dysfunction flowing out from Microsoft.
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Microsoft Growth Mindset = Amazon Day One
The more I think about it, the more "Day One" comes across as nonsensical.
I woke up this morning, we had multiple data centers across the globe filled with millions of servers... Day One.
I clocked into the swing shift, we have bins overflowing with unthinkable amounts of returned items, many of which are semi-perishable toiletries and personal hygiene products... Day One.
As a simple-minded catchphrase to orient one's thinking, it becomes more and more absurd as the company scales. But Jeff don't care, he punched out a long time ago.