Weren't there articles published just a short time ago in which it was said that Anssi Vanjoki's plan, had he become CEO, was to immediately fire most of Nokia's executives? Unless my memory is playing tricks, Elop isn't alone in his assessment of Nokia's top ranks. Over the past year, I've read a number of articles relating different insider tales of innovation squashed by inter-division empire building and fear of change at Nokia. That old refrain here, "it's hard to turn a ship as large as Nokia", only conveys part of the problem if a sizable chunk of the company is rowing as hard as they can back toward the old, straight course to insignificance.