Book description
Both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google as seasoned Silicon Valley business executives, but over the course of a decade they came to see the wisdom in Coach John Wooden's observation that 'it's what you learn after you know it all that counts'. As they helped grow Google…
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1 author picked How Google Works as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Google is a very large and sprawling company, where one team in one group can often work very different than another. But there are common principles and my favorite book (so far) is How Google Works by former CEO Eric Schmidt, and former head of product Jonathan Rosenberg.
From Marty's list on The best books on building a strong technology organization.
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