September 22, 2021

Best Advice & Life Lessons with Bob Davis (Microsoft 365)

50 minutes

This podcast episode of On the BALL (Best Advice & Life Lessons) hosted by Srini Raghavan, features Bob Davis. Bob is the Corporate Vice President Growth & Experience at Microsoft. He is a founding member of what became Office 365 and has occupied leadership positions since its inception to becoming a fast-growing multi-billion-dollar business, perhaps the biggest enterprise SaaS business - with millions of customers and hundreds of millions of users.. You don't want to miss this.

His best advice and key lessons from the episode:

Building and running multibillion dollar enterprise SaaS (Office 365) from scratch

Taking a step back, putting things in perspective during crisis

Making new mistakes, not make the same mistake twice

First things first, getting the priorities right

It's all about listening to customers. Really listening.

Not letting things fester when it comes to people decisions

As an introvert, detailed planning & preparation is key

Leaving things better than you found it

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

We have two lives and the second begins and we realize we have only one

Show the world with presence, actions and the way you lead your life, who you are

and more.

On the BALL is a podcast show where I focus on extracting best advice and lessons from world-class performers & leaders from various fields, by deconstructing and teasing out their routines, success habits, tactics, techniques, hacks, tricks, secrets and the best advice or life lesson they've ever received.

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