The Science of Small Wins
The exemplary manager is often shown as the outgoing guy that gives his team pep talks and high fives. In truth, though, that stereotype couldn’t
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
Powerful leaders are often mythologized as stubborn and bull-headed, and that ignoring the advice of others is a virtue. But researchers at NYU’s Stern School of Business
When it came time for Jeff Bezos to install a team to lead Amazon’s new subsidiary, the grocery delivery service AmazonFresh, he made a startling move.
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,
Success often feels like a chase, especially in the startup world. You scrabble to gain ground, obsessing over features and metrics and competitors, and though
