A 2011 cartoon depicted Microsoft’s divisions in conflict. CEO Satya Nadella said it taught him some lessons.

Satya Nadella isn’t a fan of letting memes define Microsoft.

The Microsoft CEO discussed the impact of a 2011 cartoon that depicted tension between the company’s various divisions during a Tuesday episode of Stripe’s “Cheeky Pint” podcast.

“That cartoon is a great example of someone else defining what became the cultural narrative more so than reality,” Nadella told Stripe cofounder John Collison.

The drawing was part of a larger set of drawings by cartoonist Manu…