Inside the Strategy Room

145. Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian

Jan 6, 2023

41:56

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Cloud Computing and the Future of Work and Hybrid Work

02:05

We've a Hybrid Work Policy for Software Engineers

03:32

The Tension Between Innovation and Scale

02:49

Introduction

2min

How Do You Think About Google Cloud?

2min

The Vision for Cloud Computing Is to Simplify Access to Technology for Businesses

4min

Building a Global Leadership Team

5min

What's Your View on Data?

2min

The Data Problem in E-Commerce

4min

The Art of the Possible - AI and ML

3min

The Tension Between Innovation and Scale

3min

Is Google Committed to Products?

4min

10.

Google Is Taking Its Own Steps Forward

5min

11.

Cloud Computing and the Future of Work and Hybrid Work

2min

12.

We've a Hybrid Work Policy for Software Engineers

4min

13.

What I've Learned as a CEO

4min

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian joins us Inside the Strategy Room for a wide-ranging conversation where he discusses how he has grown Google's cloud business, how he manages innovation, and how he thinks about talent management. Thomas also shares insights on sustainability and the future of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

This episode is an excerpt of a conversation Thomas and Adrian Booth, a senior partner in our Silicon Valley office, had at a recent gathering of global business leaders.

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