Jeff Bezos’s Peculiar Management Tool for Self-Discipline at Amazon Meetings
We originally published this piece in 2017. Two years later, we added fresh advice for managers. The modern workplace’s vogue is informal information exchange. We
We originally published this piece in 2017. Two years later, we added fresh advice for managers. The modern workplace’s vogue is informal information exchange. We
Amazon.com wasn’t the company’s originally conceived name. The first name that Jeff Bezos chose for his new online bookseller was Cadabra, short for Abracadabra. But
Amazon is a mess. In the words of one former Amazon.com engineer: “their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams,” “their operations are a mess,”
Breakthrough products are created out of thin air by a singular product visionary — your Steve Jobsian figure in a black turtleneck and a ponderous
It’s hard to believe now, but in the early days of Amazon, Jeff Bezos had a tough time hiring. While he had some extreme methods,
Successful entrepreneurs like Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, exhort startups to write down their core values on Day 1 and make company culture a first-order