first, awesome input, thx. second ad 1) awesome ad 2) the job of managers is to say "no", not always but when necessary, a manager that does not say "no" is a

first, awesome input, thx. second ad 1) awesome ad 2) the job of managers is to say "no", not always but when necessary, a manager that does not say "no" is a bad manager, same as a manager that does not say "yes". ad 3) consensus is one way to reach a decision. if enough people are involved its worse than throwing a dice. (if you ask enough people to find consensus about a color you always end up with grey, if you ask enough designers about UX, you end up with material design. ad 4) focusing on one metric for too long will always be toxic. once a product is big / major or marketleader growth is no longer meaningful, but retention or fluffy metrics like user happiness. basing promotion on one metric alone must be seen as toxic (see shareholder value @ yahoo) five) it's great that google has an open enough culture that public comments like yours are possible