It’s hard to believe that Microsoft reinvents itself after missing the mobile revolutions.

“Hit Refresh” written by Satya Nadella, C.E.O of Microsoft, contains the stories of how Microsoft tries to make a comeback, the future of technology and management of Microsoft.

Here are some of my favorite notes in this book

A leader must see the external opportunities and the internal capability and culture – and all of the connection among them – and respond to them before they become obvious parts of the conventional wisdom.

• What is soul in this context of a company? I don’t mean soul in a religion sense. It’s the thing that comes most naturally. It is the inner voice. It’s what motivates and provides inner direction to apply your capability.

• What is the unique sensibility that we as a company have?

Envy is negative and outer– directed, not driven from within, and so I knew that it wouldn’t carry us very far down the path to true renewal.

• My approach is to lead with a sense of purpose and pride in what we do, not envy or combativeness.
• It’s been said we tend to overestimate what we can achieve in the short run, but underestimate what can be achieved in the long run.
• We’re betting that quantum computing will make artificial intelligence more intelligent and mixed reality an even more immersive experience.
• The best way to predict the future is to invent it.