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Title | Korea CQ - Epilogue of Lecture ‘Business Culture of Silicon Valley’ by Mickey Hyunyu Kim | ||||
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Posted by | webmaster | Hit | 20678 | Date | 2015.11.27 |
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Dear Korea CQ members, I hope you are having a great day. On November 24, Korea CQ had the Lecture ‘Business Culture of Silicon Valley’ by Mickey Hyunyu Kim, Head of Asia Pacific, Chromecast & TV Google at the residence of Singaporean Ambassador. Members participated were H.E. Wei Kiat Yip, H.E. Jasem Albudaiwi, H.E. Arslan Hakan Okcal, Pinar Okcal, Mickey Hyunyu Kim, Susie Lee, Junghwa Choi, James B. Bemowski, Johan Vandromme, Jai Wook Lee, Hee Sun Lee, Hooran Kim, Ian Jeong, Didier Beltoise, Christophe Piganiol, Susan Ling, Yuni Chung, Seohyun Meng, Yoon Young Kim, Hyun Jin Cho, Erwan Vilfeu, Soo Min Jung, Jea-heun Kim, Joel Lee, Hee Kyung Chun. CQ members arrived at the residence of Singaporean ambassador on time and had time to catch up at reception. H.E. Wei Kiat Yip gave a congratulatory message and officially welcomed CQ members. After, members had time to enjoy a video describing charms of Singapore. Before the lecture, we enjoyed the delicious and unforgettable dinner specially prepared by H.E. Wei Kiat Yip and especially, every CQ members appreciated with the Nonya Laksa, the Singaporean traditional noodle dish specially prepared by the ambassador. After ending the dinner by delicious dessert, lecture concert of Mickey Hyunyu Kim was started. Mickey Hyunyu Kim is heading Asia Pacific business and partnerships for Chromecast and Android TV at Google. Prior to this role, he managed partnerships for Google’s new business initiatives such as Google TV, Chrome, OpenSocial and new publisher ad platform since 2007. He was recognized for his contributions with two OC Awards, an award from Google’s top executives. He also has been serving as an advisor and an investor to technology start-ups in the US and Korea. In 2012, his book about his career trek as well as the strengths and culture of Silicon Valley was published in Korea. Mickey Hyunyu Kim earned his MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and, prior to Haas, he was an international sales manager at Samsung Electronics. Korea CQ members learned the US business style and the interesting stories at Silicon Valley, the place where the world's talented people want to work by Mickey Hyunyu Kim, and he emphasized that application and utilization rather than imitation and longing toward Silicon Valley is the key point to improve for the Korean Companies. It was interesting lecture to learn about the Google’s competitiveness in the world market. We thanks to H.E Wei Kiat Yip for his warm hospitality from giving us an opportunity to have an unforgettable night at his venue to offer us to taste the wonderful Singaporean gastronomy and we also thank all members who were able to take their precious time to attend the Korea CQ lecture. Also we specially thank Mickey Hyunyu Kim for his informative lecture, and Hee Kyung Chun for her outstanding interpretation help. Lecture note of Mickey Hyunyu Kim is attached below. Please kindly look at it. Thank you again for your unwavering support and have a nice day. Korea CQ Nayun Shin For more pictures, please click the link below https://goo.gl/photos/NzdthMffA4sfP7Nv5 <Lecture note of Mickey Hyunyu Kim> Lecturer: Mickey Hyunyu Kim, Head of Asia Pacific, Chromecast & TV Google Business Culture of Silicon Valley 1. Unrestricted Time and Place In Korea, the meeting is decided whenever the boss tells you we have a meeting, and that’s why you always have to be at your desk. In Silicon Valley, it is focused around the individuals, but that doesn’t mean they don’t work with face to face meeting. Everything is fixed. The difference between Korea companies and Google is that in Korea, we work only as an organization and they have hierarchy. But in Google, everyone share their calendar whether it is a CEO or executive and there are set schedule. That is the reason that people in Google can manage their schedule well. 2. Strict Performance Evaluation Google has strict performance evaluation. In order to evaluate individual, we need to set up standard. First of all, you need to define what it is that they do, and it’s very specific. Google called that OKR - Objective Key Results. Every individual write their own OKR in every quarter. (What my objective are? What my key results are?) If you achieve the 70% OKR, then that is considered good. Related to the OKR, all people around of you can evaluate with the three steps below. -What have the person done? -What is the good thing the person did? -Is there anything the person need to improve? Because the person actually read what the other wrote about their results, it is very important and you need to write the ‘Feedback’. And then, the person gets three kinds of signal lights. -Meet Expectation -Exceed Expectation -Below Expectation In most of Korea company, promotion is based on the years of service on the company, however, in Google, you can be promoted when you are evaluated Exceed Expectation. If someone got the below expectation, the company give them opportunity to find the proper roles. In case of Meet Expectation, you just stay the same position. 3. Notifying Culture People in Google share the successful story of their achievement with their colleague and boss, every members in Google. You need to PR yourself in the Silicon Valley’s Culture. Let the people know your achievement, and it happens through an e-mail. In the e-mail, you don’t say ‘I am just doing great’, you need to add the meaning to it; why you would like to people know. When you send the e-mail, you write all the name your team member, and get the complimentary reply to others. 4. Powerful Manager and Open Management In Silicon Valley, the managers, the actual business team, has power to make a decision, and management, company’s executives, support the managers to achieve the goal as a mentor. Also, in Korea, everybody emphasize crisis, however, Google said that we are in on rocket, and we are flying high! Let’s work harder! 5. Respect for Diversity Culture The bay area is well known for respecting diversity. So, there are lots of diversity and people are sensitive to the diversity. In Google, if they did a good job, then they can move up regardless of their age, ethnicity, etc. And I think it is big merits of working in the bay area. 6. Networking Culture Most of Korean people have difficulties on networking with others. However, networking is important at Silicon Valley, and you can get an opportunity to make a success the new business during the networking. 7. Application and Utilization rather than Imitation and Longing Each business culture has strengths and weaknesses. In the U.S., it takes a long time to make a decision because every individuals can discuss on one topic continuously. However, in Korea the decision make a lot quicker because of the organization culture. So, I would like to emphasize that application and utilization rather than imitation and longing toward Silicon Valley is the key point to improve for the Korean Companies. |