May 20, 2009 Dev notes
Google’s 9 Principles of innovation
- Innovation, not instant perfection
Start rough, learn and iterate. - Ideas come from everywhere
Ideas can come from the engineers, managers, users even the financial team. - Share everything you can
Everything is put on the intranet, so employees know what is happening. - You’re brilliant, we’re hiring
Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin approve hires. They favor intelligence over experience. - A license to pursue dreams
Letting employees use 20% of their time on what ever they want. - Data is apolitical
There is no “I likeâ€, it is all about the basing decisions on data. - Creativity loves constraints
Engineers thrive on constraints. - It’s users, not money
If you can successfully engage users, you can monetize them - Don’t kill projects, morph them
Products that doesn’t seem to respond well in the market should be morphed into something the market needs, not cancelled
