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| + | == If Steve Ballmer Ran Apple == | ||
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| + | <html>There it is, unprompted. In addition to putting a computer on every desk, Steve Ballmer is most proud of do[ing] a good job for [Microsoft's] shareholders. And,[http://bbs.ylmdo.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=366090 Perdue tinkers with enzymes to pump poultry], by definition, shareholders care about dollars and cents. | ||
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| + | And so, dollars and cents were a central focus for Ballmer, and for Microsoft. Employees were incentivized by dollars and cents in the form of bonuses and stock grants. Bonuses and stock grants were tied to a stack ranking system, that devolved your performance to a number. What was measurable mattered, particularly if it was measured in money. | ||
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| + | The result is inevitable: Microsoft is a company filled with people motivated by measurables like salary, bonus, and job level. Anyone who isn t would necessarily leave. Unsurprisingly, said people make choices based on measurables, whether those be consumer preferences, focus group answers, or telemetrics. The human mind is flexible, but only to a point. | ||
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| + | In other words, over time, as you incentivize your workforce through measurables, you eventually have a workforce that only thinks in measurables. You ultimately have a workforce of mini-Ballmers. | ||
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| + | Yet, if Apple s success has proven anything, it s that measurables aren t the half of it. Things like design can t be measured, nor can user experience. How do you price delight, or discount annoyance? How much is an Apple genius worth? | ||
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| + | In the consumer market, it s the immeasurables that matter. It s the ability to surprise and delight, and create evangelists. It s about creating something that , and that consumers implicity trust. The consumer market is about everything you can t measure, everything Microsoft s legion of mini-Ballmer s can t see and will never appreciate. | ||
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