Tencent executives have told employees that the companys silo culture, which helped create its hugely successful WeChat product, will need to change to a more collaborative approach if it is to succeed in the future in areas such as AI and cloud computing.
The Shenzhen-based company aims to break up in-house fiefdoms and promote more cooperation across different groups as part of a business restructuring that has set the direction of the company for the next two decades.
It is widely agreed that the current situation of different groups doing their own thing should change, Tencent chief operating officer Mark Ren Yuxin said in an internal meeting attended by chairman Pony Ma Huateng on Friday, according to a person familiar with the proc…
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