Chapter 6: Harness the Intellect of Every Employee


Chapter 6: Harness the Intellect of Every Employee

"Smart people anywhere in the company should have the power to drive an initiative": Bill Gates, Business @ the Speed of Thought (New York: Warner Books, 1999), p. 16.

"The Internet is not just about new start-up companies....": Bill Gates, "20/20 Vision—A Future for Small Business," Remarks at Sydney Star City Casino, Sydney, Australia, September 11, 2000.

"In time, we named it Microsoft ...": Bill Gates, The Road Ahead (New York: Viking/Penguin Books, 1995), p. 17.

"Our initial insight made everything else a bit easier....": Bill Gates, The Road Ahead (New York: Viking/Penguin Books, 1995), p. 18.

"The early dream was a machine that was easy to use ...": Bill Gates, Remarks at Stanford University, April 25, 2002.

Information regarding Microsoft's court mandates was taken from Forbes.com, September 2002.

"It will allow people to collaborate across the globe....": Bill Gates, "Digital Nervous System—Enterprise Perspective," Speech delivered in New York, March 24, 1999.

"The best tools for empowerment and productivity ...": Bill Gates, Speech delivered at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, Redmond, Wash., July 29, 2002.

"The impact on productivity has been pretty phenomenal....": Bill Gates, Remarks at CEO Summit, May 22, 2002.

"The analogy to the value chain is a good one....": Bill Gates, quoted in "E-Business According to Gates," Fortune, April 12, 1999, pp. 72–74.

"Part of this process involves changing the way we buy and sell....": Bill Gates, "20/20 Vision—A Future for Small Business," Remarks at Sydney Star City Casino, Sydney, Australia, September 11, 2000.

"If we go out of business, it won't be because we're not focused on the Internet....": Bill Gates, Business @ the Speed of Thought, p. 174.

"Microsoft's awareness that something very dramatic was going on ...": Bill Gates, Remarks at Georgetown University School of Business, March 24, 1999.

"If we hadn't had electronic mail, and the type of culture that that creates ...": Bill Gates, Remarks at Georgetown University School of Business, March 24, 1999.

"Smart people anywhere in the company ...": Bill Gates, Business @ the Speed of Thought, p. 166.

"You very quickly start to get the knowledge workers...": Bill Gates, quoted in "E-Business According to Gates," Fortune, April 12, 1999, pp. 72–74.

"Actually, there's more effort spent in just impedance ...": Bill Gates, Remarks at Stanford University, April 25, 2002.

"Your corporate memory is not very good ...": Bill Gates, "Digital Nervous System—Enterprise Perspective," Speech delivered in New York, March 24, 1999.




What the Best CEOs Know[c] 7 Exceptional Leaders and Their Lessons for Transforming Any Business
What the Best CEOs Know[c] 7 Exceptional Leaders and Their Lessons for Transforming Any Business
ISBN: 007146252X
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Year: 2002
Pages: 109

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