Steven Sinofsky
Steven Sinofsky
Steven Jay Sinofsky is a former President of the Windows Division at Microsoft from July 2009 until his departure on November 13, 2012. He was responsible for the development and marketing of Windows, Internet Explorer as well as online services such as Outlook.com and SkyDrive. Sinofsky is currently a board partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he serves on boards of investments...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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context design perfectly performance product products science social thus
As much as we think of performance management as numeric and thus perfectly quantifiable, it is as much a product of context and social science as the products we design and develop.
blackberry corporate integrate pc required running time
BlackBerry required tethering for some routine operations, and for many, the only way to integrate corporate mail was to keep a PC running all the time.
boils cliche fail forget good reminds
I like a good cliche because it reminds you that much of management practice boils down to things you need to do but often forget or fail to do often enough.
assuming cost resource specific
Assuming a specific resource is high cost is often a path to disruption when someone makes a different assumption.
continuous environment evolving faster improved innovate itself possible
Continuous productivity manifests itself as an environment where the evolving tools and culture make it possible to innovate more and faster than ever, with significantly improved execution.
choosing disruptive moment product technology whether
From a product development perspective, choosing whether a technology is disruptive at a potential moment is key.
faced share time
When faced with something complex, spend the time to think about some structure, write down sentences, think about it some more, and then share it.
disruption hardly moment passes talking technology
Innovation and disruption are the hallmarks of the technology world, and hardly a moment passes when we are not thinking, doing, or talking about these topics.
exhibit goals group people similar towards
At some point, a group of people working towards similar goals will exhibit a distribution of performance.
applies cycles opportunity reflect using
I've always advocated using the break between product cycles as an opportunity to reflect and to look ahead, and that applies to me, too.
fingers precision approach
A mouse has the precision that your finger can't approach.
smartphones clouds tools
The cloud-powered smartphone and tablet, as productivity tools, are transforming the world around us along with the implied changes in how we work to be mobile and more social.
moments hindsight conversation
A moment of disruption is where the conversation about disruption often begins, even though determining that moment is entirely hindsight.