Last month, Microsoft and Windows boss Steven Sinofsky parted ways. The split appeared amicable on the surface, but other reports suggested otherwise. That’s all behind us though and Sinofsky is focusing on the next chapter in his life.
Sinofsky announced on Twitter this afternoon that he will be heading to Harvard Business School in the spring semester to teach. He’s calling the gig a sabbatical so it’s hard to say just how long he’ll be there.
Since the announcement, Sinofsky has been offering more details on what he will be doing at HBS besides teaching. It sounds like the former Windows boss will be pretty busy when he takes up the mantle of “Executive in Residence” this Spring.
Excited to return to @HarvardHBS to teach again this spring! New perspectives, recharge, share experiences, write. #sabbatical
Excited to return to @HarvardHBS to teach again this spring! New perspectives, recharge, share experiences, write. #sabbatical
@stevesi Teach what? 🙂
@WithinRafael product development 🙂 and write stuff like http://t.co/aNtJf0ml or http://t.co/6PAjBW6P
Excited to return to @HarvardHBS to teach again this spring! New perspectives, recharge, share experiences, write. #sabbatical
@stevesi@HarvardHBS Will you be a “visiting scholar” again? And what will you be teaching?
@iamjaygreene@HarvardHBS Called “Executive in Residence” now. Research, writing, classroom on prod dev, planning, collaboration, and more.
Excited for former msft exec to be teaching at hbs. @stevesi What are you teaching?
@jenslushie not sure yet…will be on call while researching+writing which is like last #sabbatical. Can’t wait to learn from students!!
@stevesi I work in IT @HarvardHBS and I would like to say we look forward to your arrival! I assume you will be getting a PC 😉
@jonritter@HarvardHBS BYOS bring your own Surface (RT) 🙂
It will be interesting to see if Sinofsky reveals any secrets about the development of Windows 8 over the next few months. I’m sure NDAs prevent him from speaking out on a lot of it, but students will undoubtedly try to gain any nugget of wisdom they can from a man who worked at Microsoft for so long and oversaw the development of Microsoft’s most recent software launches.
[h/t: Microsoft News]