Even if you just take SVP don't they have like a hundred of them? I feel it would go a lot better if they put more wood behind fewer arrows (VP+ people). Then maybe a few projects would stick.
SVP is a big deal in Google actually.
Yes that is the problem, having like a hundred people who are a big deal means that the company has no direction.
The company is tens of thousands of people. At some point theres a limit to how flat one can be.
The current system is too flat, it is not like Sundar can control that many SVP's alone. Instead you have SVP's managing SVP's etc. Who is there to put the foot down ? I'd be fine with it if there was a level above that who kept them in check.
And lo the Executive SVP position shall be created!