How Google Works
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
How Google Works
| Author | Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg |
|---|---|
| Published | 2014 |
| Pages | 286 |
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg’s account of the management model they ran at Google, written for someone running a company: hire “smart creatives” for learning ability over experience, organise small teams around products, keep decisions with whoever is closest to the information, and found strategy on a technical insight rather than market research. |
Where I heard about it
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Spotted at Powell’s City of Books, Portland — January 2016 (Books photo album)
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Spotted at Green Apple Books, San Francisco — May 2017 (Books photo album)
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Fil Arons (@FilArons) — on the “when you have time” half of his recommended-reading list, November 2025.
Connections
- Google — the company the book describes from inside.
- Eric Schmidt — the author, and the CEO whose tenure the book covers.
- Alphabet — the holding structure created the same year the book was published.
- Hiring — the practice the book spends the most pages on.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.