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What is Google’s Mission?

Posted on December 17, 2013 by

With all the talk about whether Google is the new Bell Labs (or isn’t), and the curiosity around their recent acquisition of Boston Dynamics, I thought it would be interesting to look at what Google says their mission is: Google’s … Continue reading →

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Getting Actionable Manager Feedback

Posted on June 17, 2013 by

At Bazaarvoice R&D we have a peer feedback system that we use every six months.  Since it’s mostly focused on individual contributors, the questions relevant to management are too few and too broad (IMHO). e.g. … Do they provide effective … Continue reading →

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How Google Sets Goals

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

There’s a surprising lack of public information on OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) – the goal setting and tracking philosophy used by Intel, Google and others.  This past month Google Ventures Startup Lab released a great presentation video by Rick Klau … Continue reading →

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Google’s Project Oxygen

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

Today slate had an excellent article on Google’s management: The Happiness Machine: How Google became such a great place to work.  One thing they mention is Project Oxygen, a data-analytics based approach to examining the management factors that improve performance. … Continue reading →

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On Monetizing Intent

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

90%+ of Google’s Revenue comes from monetizing intent.  What does that mean?  It means that google is best positioned to know what you are looking for *right now*.  Because you start your search with them.  So they sell you and … Continue reading →

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