Land of the Giants

A Military Contract Tests Google's Open Culture

Mar 16, 2021

42:20

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Strength in Numbers

00:42

Empowerment through Unity

00:50

TGIF: Fostering Open Dialogue at Google

00:42

Maven vs Google

01:40

Introduction

6min

Project Maven - What You Shouldn't Know About Maven

5min

The Google Plus Note That Changed Everything About Project Maven

2min

Google's Maven Contract Puts Google in the Running for JEDI

2min

Maven vs Google Drive - What's Up With That?

2min

Maven - The Heart of Empire

2min

AI Could Save as Many Lives as It Can Harm

4min

Maven vs Google

2min

Google's PR Crisis - The Town Hall of Maven

3min

10.

What Are the Implications of Not Working on Project Maven?

6min

11.

Maven - Google TGIF?

2min

12.

Project Maven - What Happened to Maven?

6min

One of Google’s long points of pride was its open, collaborative, and transparent company culture. But many Googlers feel like that's slipping away. Over our next two episodes, we’ll tell the story of a breakdown of trust inside Google — between management and employees. Starting with a covert contract Google made with the Department of Defense.

Hosts: Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary) and Alex Kantrowitz (@kantrowitz)
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Land of the Giants

A Military Contract Tests Google's Open Culture

Strength in Numbers

Empowerment through Unity

TGIF: Fostering Open Dialogue at Google

Maven vs Google

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