Danny In The Valley
Danny In The Valley
The Sunday Times
Humu's Laszlo Bock: "Nudge, nudge"
40 minutes Posted Mar 28, 2019 at 9:00 pm.
Humu’s Laszlo Bock: “Nudges”The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Laszlo Bock, founder of Humu, to talk about the fish that inspired him
coming to America as a refugee
why he chose human resources
becoming Google’s first head of people operations
why “open plan” offices are terrible
trusting people
experimenting on Google’s workforce
dealing with Google’s elitism
building a tool to find better workers
Google’s lack of diversity
whether diversity matters
using AI to make people feel “psychologically safe”
personalising motivation
how money isn't the best motivator
whether companies are willing to buy in to “people analytics”
and the crisis at Google
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Humu’s Laszlo Bock: “Nudges”The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Laszlo Bock, founder of Humu, to talk about the fish that inspired him (3:00), coming to America as a refugee (4:15), why he chose human resources (5:05), becoming Google’s first head of people operations (6:20), why “open plan” offices are terrible (8:30), trusting people (11:15), experimenting on Google’s workforce (14:30), dealing with Google’s elitism (16:50), building a tool to find better workers (20:25), Google’s lack of diversity (23:30), whether diversity matters (25:45), using AI to make people feel “psychologically safe” (28:15), personalising motivation (31:45), how money isn't the best motivator (33:45), whether companies are willing to buy in to “people analytics” (35:05), and the crisis at Google (36:40). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.