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Sundar Pichai’s Counter-Intuitive Advice

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Sundar Pichai’s Counter-Intuitive Advice

Reward Outputs and Efforts, not just Outcomes

Jul 4, 2022
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Sundar Pichai’s Counter-Intuitive Advice

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Sundar Pichai has added $1.11T to Google’s market cap.

His counter-intuitive advice? “You have to reward effort, not outcomes”

It’s basically heresy. “Outcomes, not output” is THE mantra amongst product leaders and books like Inspired. Why is Sundar, a former PM himself, praising efforts over outcomes?

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