RickRashid interview: how to manage talent

11 month Microsoft Global Senior Vice President and Dean Dr. RickRashid Microsoft Access China, participated in Microsoft Research Asia this year in Nanjing and trilateral "21st century computing," the General Assembly. During his stay, he received from the Internet Weekly reporter interviews khaki Chan. The Internet weekly khaki Chan collection Q: since 1991, Microsoft research has been created, you have been in charge of Microsoft's global research work. Next year, Microsoft Research Asia will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the day. If you use three words to sum up this part of history, what would you choose?

A: very, very surprising (really reallysurprising).

When I created the Microsoft research, never have such achievements. If you are 16 years ago, you ask any one of the academic community, no one would think Microsoft would have a very successful research institutions. But the facts tell people now, Microsoft research efforts made do results really surprising.

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Q: is Microsoft's Global Research Institute set up by five, they all focus on how the research and development and features? they are naturally formed or Microsoft deliberately deployment?

A: we did not design the Institute's research and development center of gravity, just as much as possible to hire the best people.

These researchers of interest, also naturally become a feature of their Institute. In addition, we will Institute established around the world, because people in different places, there is a difference in the way of thinking, on the same issue also will choose a different solution. This diversity is also important to ensure our success.

Q: so many excellent talents is a very difficult thing?

A: hire the best people is we build homes, you established a principle.

And managing these talented person, the most important of which is to create an easy, efficient and innovative atmosphere of the environment. Let them try to seize and to pursue their own heart of inspiration and ideas, and do not disturb them in this process.

Q: Gates are gradually fade out Microsoft's day-to-day management, seems to have more time to think about his interest in technical issues, and now you are already aware of his that change? you now and take over gates having Microsoft technology strategic direction of Microsoft Chief Research and strategy officer CraigMundie communication smoother?

A: Gates is still in very hard work, I often receive his e-mail, and do not feel and what is the difference before.

I worked for many years, and Craig since he joined Microsoft from the moment it has been on Microsoft's contribution to the overall strategy, we can say that we have a lot of complementary backgrounds, I and his communication and cooperation is very confident.

Q: some say Microsoft for Internet attention in recent years has achieved the highest level ever, you approve this? in Microsoft Research Institute as a whole, there are already in the system for the Internet what targeted deployment? what future plans?

A: Microsoft has many different business, there is no question that the Internet service is one of the Microsoft focus, and remain a strong momentum as one of the business.

For example, we are building a number of very large data center, you will be able to provide over 200 Web-based products and services. At present, almost every week we will have a brand new service can be provided to the user. Therefore, there appears to be at Microsoft is very important growth opportunities in the field of technology, we are always very hospitable and made a large investment. From the Institute's standpoint, we want to make our research and products sector closely.

Shen Yang's new post to (refer to the upgrade to Microsoft's global Senior Vice President, transferred to Headquarters is responsible for Microsoft in the search context of the development work) and the main thing is to search and advertising platform business unit a close cooperation, to be able to put our research strengths play to our products.

Services on the Internet, in fact, Microsoft in many respects is a leading, such as online games XboxLive, digital earth, data source integration services, and so on. On the future, we are confident that we will see more examples.