Most business books are filled with fairly banal advice, but this book stands out somewhat with a mixture of backstory behind some of Google's decision-making process (from a high level view) and some actual novel arguments (for example, one that stands out is not directly paying extra for Googlers' infamous 20% time; the authors argue that this would turn 20% time, which is supposed to be about creativity and taking a break from the main grind, into just another part of the job). The book is informal, not academic -- there's not much explicit evidence cited for their claims, so it's a wealth of anecdotes and claims. And you might only really enjoy this if you've been following tech industry and Google in particular in recent years.But me? I enjoyed it more than I expected. Like many of the other reviews say, this book talks about Google from a management point of view. They formula Eric gives is pretty simple: make hiring good people (smart creatives) and let them have a large amount of freedom.The book also gives some light about the internals of Google. From the glossary:"TGIF: Google’s company-wide meeting, initially held every Friday afternoon, now held on Thursdays so that Googlers in the Asia Pacific offices can participate.""Dory: A Google internal system for posting questions for executives and voting others’ questions up or down."Before this book I wasn't sure if I was allowed to talk about this. TGIF works really well at Google.I am not rating this book, but I thought it was good read.
What do You think about How Google Does It (2014)?
Unfortunately there were a lot of bad jokes in this book about google.
—Teti
