Laszlo Bock

“The biggest lesson was that rewarding smart failure was vital to support a culture of risk-taking. Chris”

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“A learning organization starts with a recognition that all of us want to grow and to help others grow. Yet in many…

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“The best predictor of how someone will perform in a job is a work sample test (29 percent).”

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“We’ve found that trusting people to do the right thing generally results in them doing the right thing. Allowing people to reward…

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“Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” If you give people freedom, they will amaze you I”

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“Having goals improves performance.113 Spending hours cascading goals up and down the company, however, does not.114”

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“You can’t understand Google… unless you know that both Larry and Sergey were Montessori kids.”22 This teaching environment is tailored to a…

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“What managers miss is that every time they give up a little control, it creates a wonderful opportunity for their team to…

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“Managers aren’t bad people. But each of us is susceptible to the conveniences and small thrills of power. At”

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“A billion hours ago, modern Homo sapiens emerged. A billion minutes ago, Christianity began. A billion seconds ago, the IBM personal computer…

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“You obviously want to hire the best people, but “best” isn’t defined by a single attribute like intelligence or expertise. As”

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“If you believe people are good, you must be unafraid to share information with them Transparency”

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“A newly hired person actually destroys value.”

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“Pay unfairly. Celebrate accomplishment, not compensation. Make it easy to spread the love. Reward thoughtful failure. A”

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“Pay unfairly: Your best people are better than you think, and worth more than you pay them In”

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G.P.A.’s are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. We found that they don’t predict anything.

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“The most talented people on the planet want an aspiration that is also inspiring. The challenge for leaders is to craft such…

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“The best way to improve is by talking to those providing feedback and asking them exactly what they hope you would do…

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“If you have facts, present them and we’ll use them. But if you have opinions, we’re gonna use mine.’ ” The”

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“Innovation thrives on creativity and experimentation, but it also requires thoughtful pruning.”

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“Does your manager trust you?” is a profound question. If you believe people are fundamentally good, and if your organization is able…

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“Some organizations will declare defeat, pointing to the smallest backsliding as evidence that people can’t be trusted, that employees need rules and…

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“Poor performance is rarely because the person is incompetent or a bad person. It’s typically a result of a gap in skill…

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One of the applications of Big Data is giving people the facts, and getting them to understand that their own decision-making is…

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“One of the core principles of Google has always been “Don’t politick. Use data.” As”

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