Interesting times at the Googleplex
Google can no longer afford to let promising ideas fall by the wayside. The Internet search giant's once-torrid growth has slowed. At the same time, it faces fresh competition from Microsoft Corp.'s new search engine, Bing, and start-ups such as Twitter Inc., which was founded by former Google employees.
In response, Google has recently started internal "innovation reviews," formal meetings where executives present product ideas bubbling up through their divisions to Mr. Schmidt, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and other top executives.
The meetings are designed to "force management to focus" on promising ideas at an early stage, Mr. Schmidt said.
Google Searches for Ways to Keep Big Ideas at Home - WSJ.com
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