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How Google Works
- Narrated by: Holter Graham, Jonathan Rosenberg
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
Both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google as seasoned Silicon Valley business executives, but over the course of a decade they came to see the wisdom in Coach John Wooden's observation that 'it's what you learn after you know it all that counts'.
As they helped grow Google from a young start-up to a global icon, they relearned everything they knew about management. How Google Works is the sum of those experiences distilled into a fun, easy-to-read primer on corporate culture, strategy, talent, decision-making, communication, innovation, and dealing with disruption.
The authors explain how the confluence of three seismic changes - the internet, mobile, and cloud computing - has shifted the balance of power from companies to consumers. The companies that will thrive in this ever-changing landscape will be the ones that create superior products and attract a new breed of multifaceted employees whom the authors dub 'smart creatives'. The management maxims ('Consensus requires dissension', 'Exile knaves but fight for divas', 'Think 10X, not 10%') are illustrated with previously unreported anecdotes from Google's corporate history.
'Back in 2010, Eric and I created an internal class for Google managers,' says Rosenberg. 'The class slides all read 'Google confidential' until an employee suggested we uphold the spirit of openness and share them with the world. This book codifies the recipe for our secret sauce: how Google innovates and how it empowers employees to succeed.'
Read by award-winning narrator Holter Graham, with the foreword and introduction read by Jonathan Rosenberg.
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- Dayanand Kathapurkar
- 06-03-21
Thoughtful, open and honest
It’s well written, full of anecdotes and stories. Refreshing to listen to it. It made me introspect and question my biases.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-06-16
Worth a listen.
If you are interested in the intersection between tech and business, this is worth listening to.
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- Rajiv
- 17-04-15
Inspiring and insightful for all entrepreneurs
If you want to start and manage a business the is current then you need this book. It covers today's challenges in managing almost any business.
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- S M FUNG
- 18-12-18
It sounds easy
A very insightful book, very relevant if you’re looking at starting a business or want to apply it to where you work or make a change.
It’s sounds obvious and easy when you hear it but no doubt would require a culture shift to apply in an existing incumbent business
Well worth learning the lessons being communicated
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- Ankul
- 30-12-20
Game changer
Google is a game changer not because of what it does, but HOW.
A lesson for other organisations to thrive in fast changing work environment
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- James
- 09-04-15
Inspirational
An excellent listen and I'm sure it is a good read too. Full of insightful reference material for the who dunits and wannabe entrepreneurs.
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- TK1
- 10-12-20
Amazing book for creatives
A very good insight into how Google became and continues to grow and innovate.
Highly inspiring.
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- Mr Alexanda Drew
- 02-03-16
inspiring insight seasoned with cheese
impressive company with an exciting outlook who have achieved great things.This book is repetitive in parts and cheesy in others but definitely worth a listen
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- Aileen
- 27-04-15
Loved this book! Inspirational!
Clever, well written, interesting. I want to work for an organisation that thinks like Google. Learned a lot that can be transferred to any line of work.
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- cameron
- 20-07-15
interesting view of the inside
interesting view of the inside. but glossed over hard truths about company ethics of work life balance, tax avoidance and other nasties.
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