Inside Google+ — How the Search Giant Plans to Go Social | Epicenter | Wired.com
Long but interesting read containing insights on management style and culture at Google, from murals on the wall to using fear as a driver for change.
Bing Gordon of Kleiner Perkins, on Influence vs. Power
Article debunking the myth of the first 100 days. Couldn’t agree more. The world I live in moves much quicker than that (tnx @rhymo)
For any title level in a large organization, the talent on that level will eventually converge to the crappiest person with the title.
Titles and Promotions // ben’s blog
The Law Of Crappy People: @bhorowitz keeps putting out informative and fun posts, amazing. Thanks!
Source: bhorowitz.com
Creativity at Pixar
“His belief is rooted in a misguided view of creativity that exaggerates the importance of the initial idea in creating an original product.”
Nice post by the Pixar chief with one clear point on creativity. Check it out.
Life inside Facebook: how head of developers organises 500 people
Facebook, again. But this is great stuff. Lots of great management ideas in here.
Management Lessons from Terry Leahy, CEO of Tesco
Found this one while browsing through my Google Doc archive. Via Ansgar John.
Source: sinaas.blogspot.com
5 reasons why your company should be distributed « toni.org
Great article by the CEO of Automattic on the benefits of a distributed company. Really inspiring examples of how a company can organize work. Great way to tackle traffic congestions BTW. (Via @om)
Source: toni.org
John Doerr [the venture capitalist] sold me on this idea of O.K.R.’s, which stands for objectives and key results. It was developed at Intel and used at Google, and the idea is that the whole company and every group has one objective and three measurable key results, and if you achieve two of the three, you achieve your overall objective, and if you achieve all three, you’ve really killed it.
Corner Office - Mark Pincus - Every Worker Should Be C.E.O. of Something - Interview - NYTimes.com
Via Fred Wilson. Lots of interesting management techniques in there, very inspiring. Which one do you already apply? I counted one for myself ;-)
Source: The New York Times
