Secret Google lab 'rewards failure' [video]

I think they should say that Google's lab rewards doing research, not rewarding failure. Managerial incentive systems' biases toward positive results holds the entire R&D community back.

The timeframe aspect of research projects is really important. I think I heard Exxon's Corporate Strategic Research labs have a 10 to 20 plus year horizon.

I've often wondered how one could provide the benefits of long-term, highly speculative projects to younger, smaller companies that think and operate entirely in present-tense terms. Something along the lines of strategic research as a service.

Though I suppose companies that have a mutually beneficial dynamic with the open source projects they depend on, contributing time or resources, are realizing a good chunk of the potential value already.

Wow, quite the Google PR piece. Certainly something aspirational.

Though it's unfortunate to see the outdated myth of Google being an apolitical meritocracy still being spread. These days Googlers certainly have their share of politics.

"Be the best possible version of yourself..." sounds like cult leader speech.

If the rest of Google were run like X, it would be an exceptionally good company-- very likely one of the best.

Plays like something out of a Christopher Guest film!

People don't have clean water because of corruption... wow, this guy has no clue what he's talking about.