Carmen Ferrara’s Weblog 2.0

I came across this piece recently about the inner workings at Google. The article goes on to describe some of Google’s work practices, which have mostly been a mystery to outsiders. The piece I found particularly interesting was the importance placed on innovation, and the techniques and tools Google uses to drive innovation throughout the organization. I attended the Babson Forum on Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2005 conference last Friday. I will be posting my notes as an iPresent presentation and as a podcast on what I learned. I found many similarities between this article and what the speakers and panelists had to say.

A view into Google’s inner workings by ZDNet’s Dan Farber — Douglas Merrill, senior director, information technology at Google, entertained a sleepy Vortex 2005 crowd, offering a view into his company’s inner workings. According to Merrill, who joined the company in 2004 and was previously at Charles Schwab, Price Waterhouse and the RAND Corporation, for Google information is “enlightenment” (not power) and the entire organization is compelled to [...]