Nice quote from How Google Works today #HowGoogleWorks in Forbes in an article that covers the remarkable fact that the leading presidential candidates of both parties rail against free trade. Remarkable because most mainstream economists agree international trade agreements are desirable.

The article rightly suggests "Railing against international trade agreements isn’t going to solve the problem. Nor does it lie in constructing more elaborate economic models. It lies in rethinking how business is being conducted. A good starting point is Albert Einstein’s insight: “The significant problems that we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.”

The quote from HGW is:

“Traditional, MBA-style thinking,” as +Eric Schmidt and +Jonathan Rosenberg write in their book, How Google Works, “dictates that you build up a sustainable competitive advantage over rivals and then close the fortress and defend it with boiling oil and flaming arrows.” That doesn’t work anymore, because competitive advantages are less and less sustainable. The firm has to go on innovating, in order to be continuously successful.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2016/03/08/should-we-blame-trade-agreements-for-loss-of-jobs/#49ae17fe4320

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Interesting piece in the Economist:

“The pace of change is accelerating,” Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg of Google assert in their book “How Google Works”. For evidence look no further than the “unicorns”—highflying startups—which can win billion-dollar valuations within a year or two of coming into being. In a few years they can erode the profits of industries that took many decades to build.

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21679448-pace-business-really-getting-quicker-creed-speed

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Books That Changed My Mind This Year: Fortune Staff Picks
12 must-read books, new and old

How Google Works, Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg (2014)
—Matt Heimer, senior editor
I’ve been involved in making hiring decisions for about a decade, and in my experience the process has always been very bureaucratic: The HR department gathers the resumes; the managers review them in a systematic way; the promising candidates are brought in for relatively grueling interviews with The Boss. So it was a liberating surprise to read Schmidt’s and Rosenberg’s chapters about the recruiting and hiring process at Google (now Alphabet) where Schmidt is executive chairman and Rosenberg is a senior advisor. Finding job candidates is essentially a crowdsourced task whose guiding ethos is the phrase, “Everyone knows someone great.” For current employees, producing a stream of hiring referrals is part of the job description—it’s factored into performance reviews. For the company, the process is a way to ensure that the cream of the crop of “smart creatives” keeps coming to the Googleplex, even as the company grows ever larger. There are dozens of reasons to turn to a book about Google for business insights, of course, but this is the revelation that made the biggest impression on me.

http://fortune.com/2015/11/15/best-books-staff-picks/
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I learned a great deal from Clay Christensen and particularly from "The Innovator's Dilemma" and I'm flattered to see "How Google Works" discussed in the same company as his ground breaking work.

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We are here in the world described colorfully but accurately by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg in How Google Works (2014), “Traditional, MBA-style thinking, dictates that you build up a sustainable competitive advantage over rivals and then close the fortress and defend it with boiling oil and flaming arrows.”

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"Sixty percent of the 500 executives surveyed said knowing a company's mission statement, and what it stands for, is one of the most important factors in a business decision. "

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/60-execs-would-rather-work-firms-care-about-culture-165833

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"The smartest organizations are those that know how to aggregate and leverage collective intelligence."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/great-work-cultures/the-new-role-of-21st-cent_b_7155028.html

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6 books that will let you step inside the brilliant minds of business and tech leaders

"How Google Works" by +Eric Schmidt and +Jonathan Rosenberg and +Alan Eagle 

In this book, Google Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg explain what they learned as they helped build Google. They explain how technology has shifted the balance of power, and how one must adapt to that change.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/6-books-business-and-tech-books-to-read-2015-4#ixzz3WJi3o0E7

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My friend +Steve VonderHaar sent me this picture of How Google Works in Chinese which he saw while traveling.   Looks like it occupies a nice spot on the shelf!
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http://fortune.com/2015/03/05/perfect-workplace/
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http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b536b692-a733-11e4-b6bd-00144feab7de.html#axzz3SFRyTeXc

Nice mention of Inspiration from "How Google Works" in this Interview:

Recruitment has been another management focus as the company rapidly expands. Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg’s book How Google Works is cited as a source of inspiration. “The emphasis Google put on hiring the right people, hiring people who are smarter than you and have skills that you don’t have; that’s what we’re trying to do here on a smaller scale.” 
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Appreciate the recognition from +theglobeandmail.com Hope some of the unconventional approaches we learned at Google help others succeed!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/management/the-top-business-books-of-2014/article22009299/

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It’s critical to understand is that it wasn’t the company’s culture that drove a team to work through the weekend fixing an issue that had nothing to do with their day jobs. It was the people themselves. 

What the founders did so well was create a culture that attracted the kind of people who were naturally inclined to tackle tough problems, and provide them with an environment where they could thrive. Yes, this took place at Google. But with the right mission, passionate employees, and plenty of freedom and trust, it’s the kind of thing that could happen anywhere.

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Loved this article. What I remember being so impressed with at the time was how little senior management and traditional company hierarchy mattered in all of this. When Larry spotted poorly targeted AdWords ads, he didn’t have to route a message down the chain to the ads people, or wait for a task force to form (in fact, Jonathan and I weren’t even informed until the problem was already solved).

Instead, he knew he could just point out the issue and count on the right people to take care of it because they were as invested in providing a great user experience as he was. That kind of dedication can’t be taught – it comes from having a clear mission, hiring passionate people, and then providing them with the trust and resources they need to do what’s best for the company. #HowGoogleWorks

https://hbr.org/2014/12/the-google-way-of-attacking-problems

#google #culture #mission #passion #hiring

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Business week asked what’s missing from their list of the 85 most disruptive ideas. I’d say the biggest thing is cloud computing. A core tenet of #HowGoogleWorks is how fundamentally the internet, mobile, and the cloud have changed the business landscape. By making near infinite storage and computing power and sophisticated tools available at a low cost, the cloud has paved the way for innovation like few things previously. 

I bet that when the 90th anniversary issue comes out, cloud computing will feature prominently on the list. What else do you think will be included in five years?

http://www.businessweek.com/features/85ideas/

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#disruption #innovation #businessweek #businessweek85

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We don't usually call these promotions out here, but this title is obviously absolutely worth it. One of the best business and management books of 2014, #HowGoogleWorks by +Jonathan Rosenberg and +Eric Schmidt, is a Gold Box Deal on Amazon right now!

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All companies want to attract and retain top talent. But the reality is that smart, talented people learn quickly, get bored easily, and are bombarded by opportunities to go elsewhere. So how do you keep them? Tackling the kind of big challenges that make people feel proud and excited to come to work everyday is one important piece of the puzzle. The other is simpler – make it easy for people to move around within your organization. Doing so is a win-win. The smart creatives get to push themselves and learn something new, and you get to benefit from their energy and expertise.

At Google we encourage this in lots of ways. 20% projects, rotational programs, and the constant moves between teams that go on across the company are all designed to keep people engaged and help them grow. It’s a straightforward tool any company can use give great people a good reason to stick around.

www.HowGoogleWorks.net

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