Thursday, January 27, 2011

Larry Page's Google 3.0 - BusinessWeek

Final paragraph from an extensive (~4,000-word) BusinessWeek cover story article

How social media will and won't change Google's world is an ongoing conversation at Google's weekly Execute meetings—and it underscores Larry Page's biggest problem as Google's new CEO. Page values strong, idiosyncratic leaders who know their domains and have their own aggressive agendas. All these rising stars have to work together. The mobile team has to coordinate with the nascent local and e-commerce groups. Rubin's app-based Android vision of the future has to square with Pichai's push for the wide-open Web of Chrome OS; and Singhal's search division has to find common ground with Vic Gundotra and the new czars of social. Can they integrate their plans while satisfying Larry Page's need for speed? At some point, Page may have to dispense with the philosophical discussions, put some limits on the open atmosphere of geeky experimentation, and make some tough decisions. It's not very "Googley." But it's the central challenge of Google 3.0.

Larry Page's Google 3.0 - BusinessWeek

1 comment:

annmark said...

I do agree that It's not very "Googley." But it's the central challenge of Google 3.0.

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