How was morale at Microsoft?We have as an excited and engaged a team at Microsoft as I could possibly manage.We have 85% of our people say they feel strongly that they’re proud to be at Microsoft.They love their work.They’re passionate about the impact that we’re having on customers and society.And that’s a real powerful, a really, really powerful statement about where our people are.Certainly, we continue to bring in new people.We’ll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year，and attract great people into the company.I’m very bullish about the employee base and what it can accomplish.Where does that 85% number come from, and how does that relate to previous years?We have various sources of information.We do a regular analysis of where we stand with our employees.It’s something I could say very objectively.That number is，frankly, about as high as it has ever been.Two researchers at Microsoft wrote a paper for Bill Gates] called 10 Crazy Ideas to Shake Up Microsoft.One of the things they say is that “a crisis is imminent” because of the growing bureaucracy and impediments to innovation.Do you agree?I think we have a great culture.It’s a culture that encourages and fosters criticism, and constructive suggestions, and I love that about our culture.
