There's no way to remove survivor bias from these kinds of business advice articles and books. For me personally, its not that Google's success is the marketpl

There's no way to remove survivor bias from these kinds of business advice articles and books. For me personally, its not that Google's success is the marketplace can be causually linked to this culture. It's more that I like working at a company where the majority of managers aren't douchebags, that people don't fly into nerd-rages over simple disagreements, and that in general, people are pleasant to work with here, usually wanting to help, and frequently focused on problems, nor interpersonal issues. There's still egos for sure, but I've worked at many companies before Google, and Google culture has the least amount of these kinds of negatives. Perhaps Facebook is the same way. The stories I hear about Apple and Microsoft however (if true) don't make me want to work there. I'm not interested in management-by-verbal-harassment and North Korean levels of inter-departmental secrecy, not compartmentalized turf wars that exist in other companies. I'd say the goal should be to make a company where people feel comfortable to apply their passions without too much "drama" from management and co-workers. Maybe that's not the best way to run a company that maximizes shareholder value, but it is a good way to keep people's blood pressure level.