How to Reward Your Employees for Taking That Moon Shot

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Google is a famously innovative company, but it's massive. How do you make sure that people are doing radical things and really pushing the limit without being afraid to screw it up? You know, one of the counter intudo thinksis organizations typically tend to become more conservative when they get larger. And so at google, we've always had this feeling of setting ambitious goals, and we do fail in our goals,. But you reward people for taking that, a moon shot, if you will, and aiming - regardless of outcome.

Drive. Docs. Chrome. Maps. Gmail. Android. What do these products have in common? Of course, they’re all Google, but what you may not know is that they all came to fruition under the management of the same person: Sundar Pichai. This track record in product development ultimately landed Sundar the CEO role at one of the biggest, most innovative companies in the world.

This week on How I Built This Lab, Sundar reflects on the unique journey that led him to Google, and the values that inspire and drive his leadership today. He and Guy also discuss Google’s recent advances in artificial intelligence, and how the company is reimagining the workplace as offices across the globe reopen.

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