The New York Times has a new 6-pic photo essay of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at work. While we don’t learn a whole lot about the world’s 24th richest person, we do find out that Steve has a small-ish office, uses an IBM Thinkpad, what seems to be a Sony SDM-M81 LCD monitor and has chicken and broccoli for lunch. Steve’s approach to work seems similar to but perhaps simpler than that espoused by Bill Gates, as we learned from him back in April 2006.
Otherwise, we find out that the Microsoft Human Resources Dept is concerned about things like employee experience, recruiting great people and career development…join the club.
And a glance at the MS HR SVP’s desk reveals a copy of the Jan 2007 issue of HR Magazine and the book Simplicity: The New Competitive Advantage. The book states that 1 of the biggest problems that workers have is information overload. Indeed, complexity management is a theme reflected by Bill Gates in the aforementioned link, and in the reputed 50M SLOC contained in Windows Vista.
Steve Ballmer, a Day in the Life – NYT, Jan 28 2007
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chicken and broccoli? a small office? ballmer and i have a lot in common! i have a feeling my office is smaller than his, though.
I’m always suspicious when a Human Resource Department claims to care about great employee experience, but maybe Microsoft really means it.