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24 alternatives to Ventured - How Google Thinks About Hiring, Management, and Culture

Laszlo Bock, Google’s SVP of People Operations

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ventured - How Google Thinks About Hiring, Management, and Culture launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Work Smart - 18: How Google works smart with Product Manager, Tim Frank▲67

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2. 2
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3. 3
   Work Rules! ▲82

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6. 6
   How Google Works▲26

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8. 8
   What would google do?▲64

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9. 9
   Think with Google▲142

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10. 10
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12. 12
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    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Perspective - Hiring and the hiring process▲56

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14. 14
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15. 15
    Authority Hacker: Ep 47▲56

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16. 16
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    Work Smart #14: Carne Ross▲57

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    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Smart People Should Build Things - Heather Hartnett & Megan O'Connor of Human Ventures▲87

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    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    People@Work 01: Embracing vulnerability w Hampus Jakobsson▲72

    Radical thoughts on company culture and management.

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - From Havard to the Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg▲88

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    FoundersGyan - How TalView is expediting hiring via video interviews!▲60

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