Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
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Articles, Interviews, and Reviews
- ‘How Google Works,’ by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan RosenbergThe New York Times, November 7, 2014
- How Google Works by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg – reviewThe Guardian, September 26, 2014
- Why Eric Schmidt doesn’t know how Google worksVenture Beat, November 30, 2014
- Book Review: ‘How Google Works’ by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan RosenbergWall Street Journal, October 3, 2014
- How Google Works by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg, book reviewThe Independent, September 11, 2014
- How Google worksFortune, September 4, 2014
Other Books by Eric Schmidt
Videos about How Google Works
Discussion Questions
1. What is the central idea discussed in the book? What issues or ideas do the authors explore?
2. What solutions do the authors propose? Who would implement those solutions? How probable is success?
3. Talk about specific passages that struck you as significant—or interesting, profound, amusing, illuminating, disturbing...? What was memorable?
4. What have you learned after reading this book?
5. Do the issues affect your life? How so—directly,on a daily basis, or more generally?
6. What is different from your own organizational culture? What is the same? What do you find most surprising, intriguing or difficult to understand?
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