Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president at Google, recently addressed staff in Google's knowledge and information organization about upcoming changes to how the company will operate. Growth for Google is getting harder, so the company needs to react and move faster. The company is shortening the amount of time some teams have to complete certain projects, despite having fewer resources after cost cuts, in an effort to move faster. It plans to build teams closer to users in key markets, including India and Brazil.

A leaked recording of a Google all-hands meeting revealed concerns about slowing growth in the search ads business. Google's Head of Google Search, Prabhakar Raghavan, urged more urgency from his organization, citing the increased competition, rising costs, and regulatory challenges as key factors creating the new reality.