Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, flew to Silicon Valley earlier this year for a long-planned speech to Google employees. It wasn’t until she sat waiting in a parking lot that a call came through notifying her the event was canceled. Ms. Newkirk had been invited by some employees to discuss her view that animals can be subject to prejudice just as people can, as part of the company’s “Talks at Google” series. Another group of employees said the topic was offensive to... … [Read more...] about Google vs. Google: How Nonstop Political Arguments Rule Its Workplace
Google gives out 1,000 marketing kits in Louisville for small businesses week
The Small Thanks kits help small business owners turn their positive customer reviews into designed materials they can display. The kits include a custom printed poster, sticker, window decal and table sign as well as social media assets featuring excerpts of real customer reviews. Small Thanks is part of the Grow with Google initiative — a new program to help create economic opportunities for Americans through digital skills trainings and workshops. The Grow with Google National Small Business Week livestream aims to help small businesses use digital tools to grow their business. Tools for small businesses include Google My Business, to help small business owners build a website in minutes and claim a free Google listing so customers can find them on Search and Maps; Primer, a mobile app with quick, interactive lessons on writing a business plan, making a great website, and marketing a business online; and Startup with Google, a collection of online tools and best practices for … [Read more...] about Google gives out 1,000 marketing kits in Louisville for small businesses week
Google’s legendary former HR chief Laszlo Bock attacks Trump’s Muslim-nations ban
The refugee camp in Austria that sheltered a young Laszlo Bock, long before his rise to power and fame as the architect of Google’s human resources program, is now, Bock says, home to Syrians fleeing war. “From there we applied for political asylum in a number of countries, and came to the United States,” Bock said in an interview slamming President Donald Trump’s 90-day travel ban for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. “And then both my parents started their own businesses. My brother started his own business. They employed lots of people.” Tech firms must speak out against Trump’s targeted tightening of U.S. borders, the former refugee from Communist Romania told Fast Company. “It’s in their interests to actually make sure there is freedom — both in terms of markets, but also in terms of how people can behave and act,” Bock said. “Innovation and creativity come from the freedom to have … [Read more...] about Google’s legendary former HR chief Laszlo Bock attacks Trump’s Muslim-nations ban
Laszlo Bock, the guy who hires at Google, shares his list of ‘Work Rules!’
By Lou Fancher, Correspondent | PUBLISHED: March 27, 2015 at 2:41 am | UPDATED: August 12, 2016 at 3:39 am MOUNTAIN VIEW — Unrolling the geist of Google — the inner spirit of the 50,000-employee, high-tech global company — Laszlo Bock tells all in a list-centric book, “Work Rules!” (Twelve, $30, 416 pages). The head of “people operations” at Google (what most companies call human resources) departs from the company’s usual “we speak” to craft a first-person narrative that promises to “transform how you live and lead.” Offering 10 “work rules” in a 14-chapter management manifesto aimed at defining meaningful work, the handbook reads like a puzzle in reverse. It’s Google, separated into irregularly shaped but perfectly interlocking pieces. “This is my day job, so I had a lot of theory in my head,” Bock says. The 42-year-old Los Altos resident also had research data, experience and … [Read more...] about Laszlo Bock, the guy who hires at Google, shares his list of ‘Work Rules!’
CMO Today: WhatsApp CEO Leaving Facebook; Publishers Protest Google GDPR Policy; Next Steps For Amazon’s Ad Business
By Lara O’Reilly Lara O’Reilly The Wall Street Journal BiographyLara O’Reilly @larakiara [email protected] May 1, 2018 7:42 a.m. ET 0 COMMENTS Good morning. Facebook’s F8 annual developer conference takes place today and Wednesday in San Jose. The social network restricted developer access to many its APIs in the wake of its Cambridge Analytica scandal, so the tone might be more conciliatory this time around. The schedule suggests there’ll be lots of topics Tuesday for marketers to pay attention to, including a session on “why bidding matters,” updates to Facebook app ads and a section on building your video business. Easy Koum, Easy Go How’s this for timing? On the eve of F8, the Washington Post reported the billionaire chief executive of WhatsApp, Jan Koum, is planning to leave Facebook. He sold the messaging app to Facebook for more than $19 billion in 2014. Mr. Koum, who also reportedly plans to leave … [Read more...] about CMO Today: WhatsApp CEO Leaving Facebook; Publishers Protest Google GDPR Policy; Next Steps For Amazon’s Ad Business