John Riccitiellos burning platform moment

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John Riccitiellos burning platform moment

Added: 19.03.2013 22:18 | 20 views | 0 comments

EDGE - In August 2007, returning CEO John Riccitiello gathered his fellow EA executives in a Manhattan ballroom for what became known as his burning platform speech, according the Wall Street Journal. That it now bears the name of the infamous internal memo from Nokia CEO Stephen Elop speaks of his speechs ferocity. What was said remains between Riccitiello and his management team, but a look back through our archives suggests that Riccitiellos reign at EA was shaped by rapid reform, acquisitions, and ultimately, it revived the publishing giant in the eyes of the games playing public, if not its investors.