Today, Alibaba founder Jack Ma posted on an internal forum titled "Towards Reform and Innovation", highly affirming the courage of the new management team composed of Cai Chongxin and Wu Yongming to change, stating that Alibaba has returned to a healthy growth track and supports continued reform. This is Jack Ma's first lengthy sharing of his thoughts on the company's reform, innovation, and future prospects in five years after retirement.
Jack Ma first praised the new management team composed of Cai Chongxin and Wu Yongming in his post. Over the past year, he has "faced problems and the future directly, trusted young people, fully authorized young teams, and made decisive and clear choices about what we wanted and didn't want." Not only has it broken through yesterday's fixed strategy, but it is also building the future of Alibaba.
Faced with numerous doubts and pressures over the past year and beyond, Jack Ma emphasized that "the path of reform and innovation will never be accompanied by applause", but "saw the birth of a strong and brave Alibaba team". He also expressed gratitude to the people of Alibaba for their dedication and responsibility this year. Despite the constant changes and even the decision to decide whether to go public or not, they still choose to believe and persist. It is your persistence that has enabled Alibaba to return to the track of healthy growth.
In this post, Jack Ma extensively discusses innovation. He said that it is not only necessary to bravely acknowledge and promptly correct yesterday's problems, but also to reform towards the future. He predicted that three or five years of innovation would be "as long as a century, enough to bring about earth shaking changes" to the Internet industry. He encourages employees to always challenge themselves and constantly do things that others dare not do, do not want to do, and have not done before.