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Well my first ever blog ! I have been thinking all day what to put in this space , i thought of everything you can imagine of. From pirates to postmen. Then I thought i would answer a question that i often think of, where in the world would I most like to work. A spaceship, no a toy shop, yes a toy shop would certainly not be boring. When my grey matter started to calm down and i got more grounded, where would i like to combine productivity with fun…yes now that was the question i had to answer. Then it hit me, what do i use nearly every day and has the reputation of the most fun company in the world , Google! Hell i even find the name entertaining , maybe thats because in my younger days when the family pc used to bring me inevitably into yahoo, when i went to type that word i for some reason found funny, i would every time without fail type the word goggle and look confusingly at the screen while images of ski goggles came up. After i gave myself a subconscious pat on the back for thinking of such an innovative idea, i did some research on what is quickly becoming the most powerful and well known company in the world. Google are quickly creating the most efficient workforce on the planet, without inserting a microchip into a cyborg of course. I think i need a few example to back up my argument, so im working in goggle, excuse me google, and i feel like a nap after my warm milk, oh wait, theres a room for that , with cushiony bean bags, how convenient, when i get back im going work super hard. Example 2, so its 12.30, my belly threatens me with an angry grumble where should i venture for lunch, hmmm some nando s would be tasty , but wait, google has placed award winning chefs on hand to cook gourmet meals every day. Does anyone else see a trend emerging here ?? once you work in with them, google don’t want you to leave ! even if its just for the night, you could easily wake up the next morning eager to jump out of bed and rush back into the office.
So i read some interviews with some members on the board at google, there was a similar theme running throughout , one word , which every company strives for , productivity ! And they have achieved this , when are we at our most unproductive , when we are tired of course, ill just go for a quick nap. Keeping you on site for lunch, these are all tools google use to ‘brainwash ‘ their workers into, excuse the phrase, working harder. Of course the argument can be made that they actually are brainwashing workers, but hey its allot better to be brainwashed through adventure and fun rather than some other methods ! So thats settled , my favourite place to work would be google, just for the sheer freedom and reputation of the place.
Now of course i need to see what kind of workers google looks for , entrepreneurs of course, innovators obviously, people who are going to change the world with one idea. They only hire up and coming Mark Zuckerbergs and I won’t have a chance. But if we delve deeper into this psyche i think we could discover something else.
Innovators, by nature, are clever yes, original , of course. But i somehow doubt that if i put twenty innovators into a room i believe we would get very little done. Therein lies the rub, there is always a need for the worker bee. The worker bee, who will record these fantastic ideas being spouted by these genius innovators. We need that one guy who will programme the simple code that allows the innovators ideas to come to fruition. infact we need a number of people to do this. This is what i like to call the illusion of innovation. Yes most companies search for innovative workers who will think of the next big thing and earn them millions, but who will write the millions of lines of code to make this idea work. So perhaps i do still have some hope to become the ceo of google, hell it cant be that hard, i can barely programme, and im sure i can wow them if i just get in the room with them. So off i go to silicon valley to try my hand. Yes , in an ideal world thats what i would be saying, but unfortunately i’m going to have to settle for being an astronaut/fireman/superhero. i hope you enjoyed my first blog on goggle. Keep tuned in for details. Thanks readers 🙂
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