Agile MIndset Eric Schmidt at the Management Lab Summit
from steven denning of agile
'' In 2008, when management guru Gary Hamel assembled 35 scholars and business leaders in the heart of Silicon Valley California, to discuss the future of management, the group received a detailed briefing from Google CEO Eric Schmidt (available here). Schmidt explained to the startled audience that Google’s success was driven by its innovative culture, not its methods and processes. The group’s eventual report listed 25 major management challenges. It concluded that since management is a set of structures, tools, techniques and systems, change would necessarily come from new tools and systems. The report made no reference to the briefing from Google.''