Nadella: CEO meetings are either passive convening or active decision-making
Satya Nadella · Satya Nadella describes how lessons from Microsoft’s history apply to today’s boom · Nov 18, 2025 · at 9:53
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella describes his leadership philosophy and meeting structure during a discussion with Stripe co-founder John Collison.
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“As a CEO, one of the things I've recognized is there are two types of meetings, right? One meeting is where I'm just supposed to convene and, you know, keep my mouth shut, because convening was the real thing, right? It is like, don't overperform, just sit and, because all the work would have either happened or will happen after, but so that's kind of one. And then the other meeting, which are the important meetings, where I do need to learn, or I need to make a decision, or communicate something.”
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