Earlier today William Volk shared a link to the article Motorola insider tells all about the fall of a technology icon, a letter by Numair Faraz, who was Geoffrey Frost a personal adviser during his days as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Motorola.
A great, touching, honest letter by Numair.
I know many at Motorola, many very bright folks, very committed to the success of the company; even after all these months of debacle. Very much with their hands “tied”; have tried, for years, but not listened to. Too bad. Sooner or later, time takes care of things…
This is business, not pleasure. Time to cut, cut many from the company. Cut the ones with the wrong vision, the ones without the passion, the ego-maniacs, and the ones with personal agendas. The executive management must make the decision, starting with a new management team. Again, business is business. Time to make the right, tough decisions. For the Company.
And many of the folks with the right vision and experience, and (with the Motorola) culture, already are in Motorola, right now. With Numair being one, having the guts to tell it as it is. Those folks must be identified, and be given the task. And a new leader, the right leader, who is in touch with the realities of the industry must be found. And those folks should be rewarded.
Is the Motorola split a good or a bad thing? It all depends on how you like to see the glass, as half empty or full. Perhaps for the Mobility Division it is a good thing. Radical changes can turn into great opportunities, if properly embraced, and in this particular case, it very much is an opportunity for the Handset Division to become laser-focused, and to get rid of legacy baggage.
Time will tell.
And I say again, that I won’t be surprised, if Dell acquires the Motorola handset division… But I really hope that never happens.
ceo