Transforming NOKIARisto Siilasmaa
Transforming NOKIA
by Risto Siilasmaa · first published 2018
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…can't run an technology corporation like an investment bank. There are two pretty good books exploring this topic: https://www.amazon.com/Ringtone-Exploring-Nokia-Mobile-Phone... https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-NOKIA-Paranoid-Optimism-... "rendering all NOKIA employees sacrificial lambs for MS" 'Sacrificial lamb' is quite hyperbolic. The laid of people enjoyed quite good benefits. You don't become an instant destitute…
on “Why Google Did Android” ↗Favourites of 2018: Lost and Founder: The Mostly Awful, Sometimes Awesome Truth about Building a Tech Startup by Rand Fishkin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35957156 Transforming NOKIA: The Power of Paranoid Optimism to Lead Through Colossal Change by Risto Siilasmaa https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39850907 Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34466963…
on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗…Elop story is also a conspiracy theory. Multiple then Nokia execs have come on the record about how while the decisions Elop made were in hindsight stupid, they at least made sense at the time. Read "Transforming Nokia", "The Decline and Fall of Nokia", and "Operation Elop" to have a look inside Nokia at the time. Alternatively, talk to PMs and BDs who are ex-Nokia - there are plenty that still roam the Bay Area at…
on “Flexport is rescinding a bunch of signed offer letters” ↗…Ollila, the Nokia Chairman when Elop was hired[0], was extremely agravated to learn the sale of handsets had taken place [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Elop#CEO_of_Nokia [1] Siilasmaa: Transforming NOKIA: The Power of Paranoid Optimism to Lead Through Colossal Change
on “Why Google Did Android” ↗