February 2012

February 28, 2012

Celebrating Google’s Don’t Be Evil

Gil / 0 Comments / Google / Danny Sullivan, Google /

“I don’t think Mr. Page is sitting in a large chair in a dark tower, wearing a large pinkie ring and stroking a hairless cat while plotting world domination. (At least I hope he’s not.) But as Google has grown, and the company sees the threat of others on the horizon, it seems that “do […]

February 21, 2012

The Root Cause of All Problems

Gil / 1 Comment / Management, Product Management / Post Mortems, Product Management, Thriving on Failure /

A friend asked me for advice before conducting her first post-mortem. Here’s what I should have told her. All problems have the same root cause. When I state that cause, many of you will think I’m merely stating an obvious truism. But our inability to really accept this basic truth makes most problems much worse […]