How Google Works

By: Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle

Narrated by: Holter Graham, Jonathan Rosenberg

In this insider’s look into the world’s biggest tech company, former CEO and SVP of Google share how they helped engineer a new strategy and philosophy to help them thrive—a perfect book for seasoned business employees and the tech curious.

Today, Google is a global icon that regularly pushes the boundaries of innovation in a variety of fields. How Google Works is an entertaining, page-turning primer containing lessons that Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg learned as they helped build the company. The authors explain how technology has shifted the balance of power from companies to consumers, and that the only way to succeed in this ever-changing landscape is to create superior products and attract a new breed of multifaceted "smart creatives."

Covering topics including corporate culture, strategy, talent, decision-making, communication, innovation, and dealing with disruption, the authors illustrate management maxims with numerous insider anecdotes from Google's history, many of which are shared here for the first time.

In an era when everything is speeding up, the best way for businesses to succeed is to attract smart-creative people and give them an environment where they can thrive at scale. How Google Works explains how to do just that.

Critic reviews

"An informative and creatively multilayered Google guidebook from the businessman's perspective."—Kirkus

"An energized and exciting primer on creating a company and workforce prepared to meet an inspiring future."—Publisher's Weekly

"Chairman Eric Schmidt and exec advisor Jonathan Rosenberg pull back the curtain to reveal how the company created its unique culture of workplace innovation."—Fortune

Simply Beautiful

This book is a must read for anyone thinking of starting their own business or wondering what it takes to create a sucessful business. Bravo!

Good high level business insights

I liked it more as a discussion of the business more than a technical dive into how it works.

constructive feedback

It is a good book from Google's viewpoint.But tech companies like Google and facebook are trying to bypass government policies to achieve exponential growth. Technology disruption may not be as good as it sounds in this book. Betterment of life should be targeted by abiding to laws and regulations. Growth should be steady and not just aimed at product launching events.
Users are getting powerful than ever before. But does government have enough tools to handle the posaible trauma occured as a result of excessive power used by civilians?

insightful

I listened to this entire book in 3 days. Definately worth the purchase. I highly recommend this book.

slight lisp is destracting. good modern businfo

many business basics merged with modern workplace examples. California style tech overview of successful org at the upper level