---
id: "lib-2026-10-11-why-every-company-now-needs-to-think-and-operate"
type: "library"
title: "Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (VP Google Labs)"
lang: "EN"
org: "Google Labs (Lenny's Podcast)"
source_type: "Talk"
date: "2026-10-11"
week: "2026-W41"
url: "https://nosov.ai/library/lib-2026-10-11-why-every-company-now-needs-to-think-and-operate/"
original_url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I6QYkccd3o"
tags: ["business transformation", "labs team", "experimentation", "frontier team"]
---

# Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (VP Google Labs)

## English summary

Google Labs head (NotebookLM, Gemini app): 'almost possible' framework, kill criteria, why roles expand rather than converge. Speaker: Josh Woodward (Google Labs); yt-dlp auto captions.

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I6QYkccd3o