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And hidden in the middle of the post is: Be the integrator – When Larry Page took over as CEO of Google, he spent a huge amount of his time forcing every produ
by hobs 11y ago
And hidden in the middle of the post is:
Be the integrator – When Larry Page took over as CEO of Google, he spent a huge amount of his time forcing every product group to get to a common user profile and sharing paradigm. Why? Because he had to. It would never have happened without the CEO making it happen. It was nobody else’s top priority.
This is a good example where a strong leader can push the entire company in (what I think even Google would now admit was) the wrong direction, and because they are so powerful, the core products can suffer.
- ohitsdom 11y agoI don't think the direction was wrong, I just think the implementation was awful. But your point still stands, it ended up harming the product.
- hobs 11y agoI think that is a fair point and worth the distinction. G+ did not did not need to be deployed in such a heavy handed fashion, and if it hadn't there is a very strong probability G+ would be highly utilized and valued today.