Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
Laszlo Bock· Published 2023
The former head of People Operations at Google shares the data-driven principles behind the company's talent management and culture.
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Why It's On My Shelf
This book belongs on my shelf because it treats people systems with the same rigor we expect from engineering systems. Bock shows how hiring, performance, and incentives can be tested, measured, and improved rather than left to intuition. For CIOs, this perspective is valuable when scaling teams or redesigning operating models. It reinforces the idea that culture improves through deliberate system design, not slogans.
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