A Story from Google Shows You Don’t Need Power to Drive Strategy

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A Story from Google Shows You Don’t Need Power to Drive Strategy
  1. The case is of Brian Fitzpatrick joined Google as a senior software engineer in 2005
    1. Brian specialized in open-source software development and he quickly
      1. Their crowning achievement was a service launched in 2011 called Google Takeout, a unified site for exporting user data from multiple services like Gmail and Google Photos.
    2. He is a key component of corporate strategy, with then-CEO Eric Schmidt highlighting Takeout to government regulators as evidence that Google wasn’t pursuing monopolistic practices such as customer lock-in.
      1. He developed unique insight to solve an emerging need and then he drove transformational change to realize that vision.
        1. Also, all of his work was done outside the boundaries of strategic management practices within the organization.
      2. Companies like Google and 3M have benefited from embracing innovation that comes from all parts of the organization.
        1. We started with focus groups drawn from both our graduate class at Northwestern University and a global high-potential program we run at Aon.
          1. conducted in-depth interviews with a dozen of the leaders they cited, including Brian at Google.
        2. Estrategies
          1. 1. They develop a broad and varied network of relationships
            1. Brian’s network at Google went well beyond the engineering unit he was a part of. He built this network proactively
              1. These relationships also gave Brian influential advocates he could call on when needed
              2. 2. They identify “strategy gaps,”
                1. Brian knew that providing users better control of personal data was critical to Google’s success
                  1. What Brian also noticed was that while this was technically true, it was rather difficult to do in practice: users who wanted to take their photos to a different service
                  2. 3. They link their work to existing priorities
                    1. While Brian could explain his goals using statements made by Eric Schmidt, this didn’t give him automatic legitimacy or the ability to compel others to adopt his recommendations
                      1. A big break came later when Brian had the chance to partner with a major initiative — the launch of Google+, the company’s competitive response to Facebook
                      2. 4. They work with an eye toward scale.
                        1. Brian’s work to build several working examples and a coalition of supporters before he found the right time to pursue his broader ambitions.
                          1. Brian also took steps to make that future decision easier, using common coding methods across those initial projects that made each subsequent project easier.
                            1. Strategic leaders without formal backing still operate with the long term in mind,
                          2. 5. They orchestrate milestones to build their credibility
                            1. using a combination of success stories and communication from supporters to legitimize their work.
                              1. Eventually, these leaders develop a track record that then allows them to exert influence in their own right.
                              2. Brian started with let them experiment and prove their concept
                                1. Brian became more strategic in his project selection as time passed, targeting products that were more technically challenging and of greater impact.
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