oh my f***ing god. i hate it when top mgmt speaks like this. this is coming from the ceo. any ceo worth his or her salt will know that a company is only as good as its employees. putting the blame on the sales folks means you, mr elop, have failed to incentivise them correctly.

common, you are nokia. you've been in this business for a long time. are you telling us you don't know how to sell phones? are you telling us it took you so long to recognize the problem that it has to come out of your mouth only now? you mean you didn't realize your sales folk are people who are in it for the money???!! reward changes behaviour. hello! people management 101!!!

when the company fails, the people have failed. don't blame anyone else, elop. blame yourself. once you start doing that, nokia might still have a chance.