How Google Works

Provides a good understanding of how Google works and the management approach. Interesting to see how they can be adapted for use in smaller software houses.

Really enjoyed listening to this book, it is very informative and offers advice that can be used in any business discipline,

Whilst this book is not entirely devoid of useful ideas, perspectives and anecdotes describing how Google came to be the powerhouse it is today, far too much of it is presented with waffle. The Googlers are repeatedly ascribed as a perfect Brady Bunch happy family, that only make some vaguely alluded to mistake in order to set up a moral that is subsequently shoved disingenuously down the listener's throat (in the same heavy handed way Saved By The Bell taught us morals growing up).

It's a shame because there is potential here, but unlike Chaos Monkeys and The Everything Store, the fascinating insight is riddled by smugness or bias. A lot of the time you'll find yourself rolling your eyes listening to this book, as the patronising tone grates on you for the 9 hours diluting the value of the good material within.

Many have witnessed the growth of the large digital companies but few have been able to witness from the inside how that growth has been made. this book is a peak at some of what has made google. There are a large number of take always (how to recruit, interview, deal with large numbers of Too emails...) and far more inspirational elements .

I couldn't even finish this book. It should be called how Google is run. I don't believe the way they run there business even has had that much effect on there success, more likely they had a great product at the right time.

However this book may be useful for incites
on how some people want to run a business but for me I wanted to understand how Google works.

Highly recommend that management read this. Certainly is one of the best business books I've read.

Loved it. Learnt a lot from this book. It clarifies the fact that the future is full of numerous opportunities to be sprung by the next smart creatives.

Jonathan's narration at the start of the book was pretty bad and I almost gave up, but when the main narrator started it was certainly easier to listen to. An interesting insight into the operations at Google, but often rambled on a bit with cheesy interludes, which started to grate towards the end of the book.

Working in IT and software development lots of what's in this book is not new (any more). But there is lots of practical advice and more importantly and interestingly this advice is backed up with stories and anecdotes.

Well delivered narration will a sprinkling of well placed humour, this is a must read book for those intrigued by the massive success of Google.