By making big arguments to C-suite that were invested in the company’s direction. Same thing that happens in meetings where some dumbass says something like “we could build a cookie banner ourselves or pay Y company $12k/yr to run our cookie banner”. C-suite is full of these types of people that just make baseless arguments. Most management is not knowledgeable in their domain.

Okay so your entire argument hinges on her having the ear of Satya , and out arguing Phil?

But even then you wouldn’t be able to deny that Xbox was floundering under Phil.

And for all of this you’d still be left with conjecture?

Even if she did push him out, Phil only has himself to blame. After all he is the manager of Xbox. Xbox definitely did not do well.