Microsoft, the next generation product, and Servant-Leadership
For all of you interested in the next new technology products to be coming out......
Yesterday Microsoft previewed a little more of their new operating system, Windows Vista (formerly "Longhorn"), and their new Office product, currently called 'Office 12'. The new version of Office looks to be simply amazing. Everyone is talking about it, as you can see from this google search. The entire UI (user interface) has changed. What does that mean?: All the pull-down menus you are used to in Office - GONE! It looks like it has been built from scratch. But it looks like it will be for the better. If you are REALLY interested, you can find a video preview here. It is an interview with the leader of the design team. It is 41 minutes long, but I found it simply too fascinating to turn off. If you can't take the time now to watch it, take a look at some screenshots here, here and here. And just so you know, the new Office won't be entering Beta testing until at least mid-2006.
Many look at Microsoft and would not even consider them to be a servant-leadership organization. I certainly understand that viewpoint. Yet I've had other people argue that Bill Gates embodies many of the traits of a servant-leader. Take a look at this list of the 10 principles of servant-leadership. Does Microsoft, from what you know of them, as an organization embody and/or embrace any of these? Let me know what you think.
Yesterday Microsoft previewed a little more of their new operating system, Windows Vista (formerly "Longhorn"), and their new Office product, currently called 'Office 12'. The new version of Office looks to be simply amazing. Everyone is talking about it, as you can see from this google search. The entire UI (user interface) has changed. What does that mean?: All the pull-down menus you are used to in Office - GONE! It looks like it has been built from scratch. But it looks like it will be for the better. If you are REALLY interested, you can find a video preview here. It is an interview with the leader of the design team. It is 41 minutes long, but I found it simply too fascinating to turn off. If you can't take the time now to watch it, take a look at some screenshots here, here and here. And just so you know, the new Office won't be entering Beta testing until at least mid-2006.
Many look at Microsoft and would not even consider them to be a servant-leadership organization. I certainly understand that viewpoint. Yet I've had other people argue that Bill Gates embodies many of the traits of a servant-leader. Take a look at this list of the 10 principles of servant-leadership. Does Microsoft, from what you know of them, as an organization embody and/or embrace any of these? Let me know what you think.
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