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Tag Archives: google
What is Google’s Mission?
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
Getting Actionable Manager Feedback
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
How Google Sets Goals
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
Google’s Project Oxygen
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
On Monetizing Intent
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
