A must read book for everyone in an organisation and a great book for the HR bunch. I started reading this book with no interest but now I am in awe cos the kind of culture that Google exhibits is wonderful. Hire the best people. Give them extraordinary pay if they possess extraordinary talent. Pay should not be based on experience but should be based on talent. Everyone should be involved in recruiting not just the HR. Never put a B in yo hiring people and soon you will have only Bs Cs and Ds. While making big decisions, have everyone involved who matters and have a big shot of the company to judge the outcome. I also love the how they took on with the computer giants - Microsoft. That's the kind of attitude everyone should possess and that's why Google is what it is now. Give freedom to the best people and they will deliver the best. This book shows how google takes its employee's satisfaction to top the chart by its unbeatable work procedure. Google's concept of work has to a lot to its productivity. When there is something, Google believes in talking to the developer directly rather than making it complicated. The ASL concepts is one of the best method google focuses in keeping the employee engaged. Building a team with number of people who can be fed with just 2 packs of pizza's is something which every organisation should follow as this empowers productivity by killing the time of politicking. Also, if you are good at work, you dont need a managers influence says another concept called HiPPO - Highly paid person's opinion. On the whole, How google works shows how companies should work.
Presented some interesting thoughts about how to run an organization that should be emulated.
—Rhosel
Great management insights from Eric Schmidt on how to manage in the digital age.
—doeeyes97
Easy read. Great practical advice for product people. Interesting anecdotes.
—moccaaa
some decent chestnuts in here on running any size business.
—megika
