[ryloric]

Come on, you say it as if every board member is an android focused only on short term results. They've had a board when Eric was CEO and Google was doing it's best work as well.

It's not really about the board, Google has become a mature company that's not going to grow 20% YoY anymore and this is what happens to such businesses. Unless they're lead by an exceptionally strong person who can stand up to economic forces, they will turn them into IBM.

[throwawayqqq11]

> It's not really about the board.

> Unless they're lead by an exceptionally strong person who can stand up to economic forces

Isnt the board the ultimate force, including the economic one?

You are supporting OPs claim actually. Becoming a mature company brings declining workforce morale.

> they will turn them into IBM.

because

> The CEOs job is to make the board happy. That’s it.

[ryloric]

Not agreeing with OP, boards don't always focus on immediate results and CEOs aren't androids that just care about pleasing the board. The world is rarely that simplistic.