How Google works?

How Google works?

with respect to Engineering Culture, Decision Making, Innovation, Strategy, Hiring and Communications, etc

Random important script on Decision Making below,

DECISION MAKING

The decision-making process, the timing, and its implementation are crucial as they can set precedents.

• Use data to drive decisions: Slides should just contain data required to run the meeting.  Data is best understood by those working with the issue, so trust the insights of Smart Creatives who are working on that issue.
• Consensus is not unanimous agreement: Consensus is about rallying people around the best idea for the company. Encourage Smart Creatives to voice strong opinions through solution-oriented open debates. The right decision is the best one, not the lowest common denominator everyone agrees on.
• Manage the conflict: This conflict-based approach must be managed by a decision-maker who sets a deadline, runs the process, and breaks ties. End debates when they are no longer valuable and shift towards building a consensus over the decision.
• Make fewer decisions: CEO’s must make very few decisions. These should focus on core issues like product launches, acquisitions, and public policy issues. On other matters allow leaders to arrive at conclusions and intervene only when it’s a very bad call.
• Use convening power: For critical decisions, leaders can use their convening power to hold regular meetings, even daily ones if necessary. This signals the importance of the issues and makes decisions happen.
• 80% time on 80% revenue: While it is tempting to focus on new innovations, making mistakes in the core business can be fatal to an organization. Spend 80% of time focusing on products that generate 80% of the revenue.

References:

Read the original full article at https://youexec.com/book-summaries/how-google-works?e=sivanand131%40gmail.com&ip=0&m=dash

from HBR: http://hbr.org/1967/01/the-effective-decision

Avoiding biases while taking decisions: https://www.mgma.com/resources/human-resources/avoiding-bias-in-your-day-to-day-management-decisi