The best AI leaders are 'a little bit off the wall,' says Google Cloud executive

A glimpse of how AI is inducing chaotic innovation inside one of the world's biggest tech companies.

Read full bio September 27, 2026, 10:41 pm ET

Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot ZDNET’s key takeaways Google Cloud executive says there is no blueprint for AI. Some of his best talent gets overwhelmed by the drive to keep innovating. The people who can best lead AI need to be a bit ‘crazy.’ No organization, no matter how high and mighty, can claim perfection in its AI implementations — but that’s OK, because it’s a learning experience for everybody. At Google these days, AI has everyone in learning mode.