Brett, This is an interesting point you bring up with the "Microsoft Syndrome." I guess I can't say this is surprising as it seems inevitable that any large company will lose its personality as it continues to expand. It is unfortunate as I've always thought that Google's laid back attitude was one of its biggest strengths. I would imagine though that with executives and management leaving due to the "Microsoft Syndrome" that the disease will spread to the rest of the organization unless action is taken to stop it. I see this as a big threat to Google's long term success. I'm also intrigued by your comment regarding keeping the company from venturing into non-successful markets. I would imagine this could be a difficult task for two reasons. 1) It's very hard to predict which markets will be successful and which will be unsuccessful (unless you are referring to current markets, in which case I don't think Google would venture there). 2) With Google's drive to capture as many markets as they can, they are inevitably going to have a few missteps and venture into some areas where they shouldn't be. Hopefully when this happens they will realize their mistake early and back out before it's too late.
Brett,
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting point you bring up with the "Microsoft Syndrome." I guess I can't say this is surprising as it seems inevitable that any large company will lose its personality as it continues to expand. It is unfortunate as I've always thought that Google's laid back attitude was one of its biggest strengths. I would imagine though that with executives and management leaving due to the "Microsoft Syndrome" that the disease will spread to the rest of the organization unless action is taken to stop it. I see this as a big threat to Google's long term success.
I'm also intrigued by your comment regarding keeping the company from venturing into non-successful markets. I would imagine this could be a difficult task for two reasons. 1) It's very hard to predict which markets will be successful and which will be unsuccessful (unless you are referring to current markets, in which case I don't think Google would venture there). 2) With Google's drive to capture as many markets as they can, they are inevitably going to have a few missteps and venture into some areas where they shouldn't be. Hopefully when this happens they will realize their mistake early and back out before it's too late.