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Make coordination easy. Because all members of a
team are within a
few feet of one another, it is relatively easy to coordinate projects.
In addition to physical proximity, each Googler e-mails a snippet once a
week to his work group describing what he has done in the last week.
This gives everyone an easy way to track what everyone else is up to,
making it much easier to monitor progress and synchronize work flow
Google's 9 Notions of Innovation |
Eric
Schmidt |
Google |
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I
try to create that same
unconstrained environment in the
project teams. I do, of
course, try to provide focus,
set reasonable
goals, and map out
timelines. I also stress the
importance of getting something
out there, even if the product
isn't 100% of what we
envisioned. Researchers always
want to go for that last 2% of
performance, but I have to
remind them that it's better to
get a sufficient solution out
fast and then continue to
enhance it. My main role,
though, is not to draw
boundaries but to encourage
people to keep reaching. |
Mark Dean |
IBM |
