Think Like Amazon
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsLearn from Amazon executives how to apply Amazon's best principles and processes to grow your own business. Listen as Amazon's strategies, frameworks, and mechanisms are broken down in the personal experiences of senior Amazon leaders so that they can be replicated and applied in your work as manager, leader, entrepreneur, or digital innovator. As host of Think Like Amazon, Tyler Wallis, a former Amazon leader himself, takes you deep into conversations with business and technology leaders at Amazon to explore the management and innovation processes that catapulted the company's growth. You'll explore how principles such as working backwards, customer obsession, and fast decision making can help you take your business to the next level.Follow new releases and updates at https://www.linkedin.com/company/think-like-amazon-podcast/
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Delivering Results through Transparent Leadership with Ronak Patel
March 14, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBRonak spent over 9 years at Amazon, where he led large businesses across Fulfillment, Ultra-fast delivery, Real Estate, Process Improvement, and Last Mile Delivery. Ronak was also the youngest Regional Director in Amazon history, with placement into Amazon’s highest volume, most critical region of fulfillment. After nearly a decade with the company, Ronak left Amazon to join Odeko as Chief Supply Chain Officer. In this episode, Ronak shares how his career in operations leadership quickl...
How to Dive Deep and ask your team good questions with Jennifer Arthur
January 03, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBJennifer spent over 16 years at Amazon across various roles that included Financial Analyst, Product Manager, Head of Vendor Management, and Category Leader. During this time, Jennifer’s teams helped create new input metrics and ask questions to evolve Amazon’s use of data in the quest for operational excellence. Jennifer has since taken this ability to lead through data and questioning to launch a marketplace service for BuildDirect Technologies and consult various consumer brands in their ...
(Part 2) International Expansion and Are Right, A Lot with Steve Frazier
December 13, 2021 09:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBIn part two of this 2-episode special with Steve Frazier, a former 20-year Amazon VP, we pick up in talking about how to use data, focus on inputs, and exercise strong judgement in prioritizing your team’s attention in a scaling business. You’ll hear Steve share: · Why businesses should focus on operational performance reviews, even on day 1 · The 2 magical metrics that helped Amazon stay focused on the right actions as it scaled · The litmus test for a leader to...
(Part 1) International Expansion and Are Right, A Lot with Steve Frazier
November 29, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBSteve spent over 20 years as a VP at Amazon where he launched multiple businesses and led organizations around the globe. During his Amazon career, Steve spent time as the country manager for Amazon UK and Amazon China, in addition to roles leading North American Retail expansion and the rollout of international consumer programs. In this first installment of our two-episode conversation with Steve, we discuss Amazon’s approach to expanding businesses internationally and what it was lik...
Using Mechanisms to scale your business with Umer Sadiq
November 15, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBUmer spent nearly 12 years at Amazon as a software development leader across a diverse set of businesses including Amazon’s data warehouse, reverse logistics, Prime Now program, Amazon Fresh, and Whole Foods Market. Umer left Amazon in early 2018 to co-found Veeve, a contact-less shopping checkout solution, and in early 2021, Umer took on the role of CTO at fabric.inc, a high-growth startup providing headless commerce solutions for retail businesses. In this interview, Umer shares how Am...
People Leadership and Managing by the Inputs with Mandy Bottorff
November 01, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBMandy spent over 13 years at Amazon across a number of roles including as leader of product management, marketing, and retail buying teams, running Prime Pantry, leading the supply chain function for Amazon Private Label, and leading worldwide employee performance management programs. Since Amazon, Mandy has joined The Bouqs, an innovative e-commerce floral delivery service, where she is now VP of People and applying her input focused approach to driving improvements to organizational health...
Earn Trust with Justin Maner
October 18, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBJustin spent 10 years at Amazon where he helped lead Baby Registry to becoming the #1 US registry, reinvented the vendor negotiation process that led to $1B in profitability improvements, and received a "Just Do It" award from Jeff Bezos for inventing a new communication system for vendors and sellers. In 2019, Justin left his role as Director of Amazon Device Sales and Marketing Technology to pursue several entrepreneurial endeavors. Today, Justin is the CEO of Data Spark, a technology comp...
How to Earn Trust at work with Justin Maner
October 18, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBJustin spent 10 years at Amazon where he helped lead Baby Registry to becoming the #1 US registry, reinvented the vendor negotiation process that led to $1B in profitability improvements, and received a "Just Do It" award from Jeff Bezos for inventing a new communication system for vendors and sellers. In 2019, Justin left his role as Director of Amazon Device Sales and Marketing Technology to pursue several entrepreneurial endeavors. Today, Justin is the CEO of Data Spark, a technology comp...
025: Long-term Ownership and Team Building with Chad Goelzer
October 04, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBChad spent nearly 16 years at Amazon which included roles as Director of Fulfillment by Amazon and Director of Global Sales. Having joined Amazon in 1999, Chad helped build and develop many teams to lead these and other core Amazon businesses. Chad left Amazon in 2015 to build and co-lead The Goelzer Home Team and improve the customer focus and use of technology in real estate. In this episode, you’ll enjoy Chad’s passion for creating and communicating a business vision and building tea...
Long-term Ownership and Team Building with Chad Goelzer
October 04, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBChad spent nearly 16 years at Amazon which included roles as Director of Fulfillment by Amazon and Director of Global Sales. Having joined Amazon in 1999, Chad helped build and develop many teams to lead these and other core Amazon businesses. Chad left Amazon in 2015 to build and co-lead The Goelzer Home Team and improve the customer focus and use of technology in real estate. In this episode, you’ll enjoy Chad’s passion for creating and communicating a business vision and building tea...
Frugality as a tool for innovation and prioritization with Dave Anderson
September 20, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBDave spent nearly 12 years at Amazon moving from a Development Manager to a Technology Director. In early 2020, Dave took on the role as Head of Technology for Bezos Academy where he spent over a year building their technology foundation. Since leaving Amazon and Bezos Academy in 2021, Dave has begun publishing regular leadership articles on his newsletter, Scarlet Ink. In this episode, Dave and I dive into the Frugality principle and how it is ingrained in the resource allocation, long-...
024: Frugality as a tool for innovation and prioritization with Dave Anderson
September 20, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBDave spent nearly 12 years at Amazon moving from a Development Manager to a Technology Director. In early 2020, Dave took on the role as Head of Technology for Bezos Academy where he spent over a year building their technology foundation. Since leaving Amazon and Bezos Academy in 2021, Dave has begun publishing regular leadership articles on his newsletter, Scarlet Ink. In this episode, Dave and I dive into the Frugality principle and how it is ingrained in the resource allocation, long-...
Learn & Be Curious with Melissa Eamer
September 06, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBMelissa spent 19 years at Amazon, progressing through over ten roles that included Technical Advisor to Jeff Wilke, VP of Sports, Outdoors, and Toys, and VP of Sales and Marketing for Amazon Devices. After leaving Amazon, Melissa spent a year as COO of Glossier and recently launched a venture-backed startup, Modern Age, to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives. In our conversation, we discuss Amazon’s Learn & Be Curious principle and how consistent curiosity and focused lear...
023: Learn & Be Curious with Melissa Eamer
September 06, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBMelissa spent 19 years at Amazon, progressing through over ten roles that included Technical Advisor to Jeff Wilke, VP of Sports, Outdoors, and Toys, and VP of Sales and Marketing for Amazon Devices. After leaving Amazon, Melissa spent a year as COO of Glossier and recently launched a venture-backed startup, Modern Age, to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives. In our conversation, we discuss Amazon’s Learn & Be Curious principle and how consistent curiosity and focused lear...
Think Big and Listening to Customers with Kyle Walker
August 23, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBKyle spent over 7 years at Amazon where he launched multiple billion-dollar programs, including Amazon Renewed and Amazon Exclusives – now known as Amazon Launchpad. Since leaving Amazon in 2020, Kyle has co-founded two companies, The Lab Consult, which helps e-commerce brands implement systems to scale profitably online, and Foundry Brands, an FBA brand aggregator that recently raised $100M to buy and grow consumer brands. In this episode, Kyle shares examples of how listening to his custo...
022: Think Big and Listening to Customers with Kyle Walker
August 23, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBKyle spent over 7 years at Amazon where he launched multiple billion-dollar programs, including Amazon Renewed and Amazon Exclusives – now known as Amazon Launchpad. Since leaving Amazon in 2020, Kyle has co-founded two companies, The Lab Consult, which helps e-commerce brands implement systems to scale profitably online, and Foundry Brands, an FBA brand aggregator that recently raised $100M to buy and grow consumer brands. In this episode, Kyle shares examples of how listening to his custo...
021: Diving Deep and establishing company culture with Faisal Masud
August 09, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBFaisal spent over 7 years at Amazon as a Director over the early growth of several businesses including Mobile Electronics, Amazon Warehouse, Amazon BuyBack, Amazon TradeIn, and Amazon Basics. Building these programs helped Faisal hone his ability to Dive Deep into business processes and health. Since leaving Amazon in 2011, Faisal held a number of VP and C-level roles for companies such as eBay, Groupon, Staples, and Google, before joining Fabric as CEO in 2020. In this episode, Faisa...
Diving Deep and establishing company culture with Faisal Masud
August 09, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBFaisal spent over 7 years at Amazon as a Director over the early growth of several businesses including Mobile Electronics, Amazon Warehouse, Amazon BuyBack, Amazon TradeIn, and Amazon Basics. Building these programs helped Faisal hone his ability to Dive Deep into business processes and health. Since leaving Amazon in 2011, Faisal held a number of VP and C-level roles for companies such as eBay, Groupon, Staples, and Google, before joining Fabric as CEO in 2020. In this episode, Faisa...
Developing Others and Insisting on the Highest Standards with Elizabeth Bennett
July 26, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBElizabeth spent 15 years at Amazon where she grew multiple billion-dollar businesses and held several roles including Director of Lawn & Garden and Director and General Manager of Business & Technology for Selling Partner Success prior to joining Kraft Heinz as VP of Global eCommerce. In our conversation, Elizabeth shares the people-leadership practices that she built throughout her Amazon career and continues to apply in her role at Kraft Heinz. We also dig into how to balance flexibil...
020: Developing Others and Insisting on the Highest Standards with Elizabeth Bennett
July 26, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBElizabeth spent 15 years at Amazon where she grew multiple billion-dollar businesses and held several roles including Director of Lawn & Garden and Director and General Manager of Business & Technology for Selling Partner Success prior to joining Kraft Heinz as VP of Global eCommerce. In our conversation, Elizabeth shares the people-leadership practices that she built throughout her Amazon career and continues to apply in her role at Kraft Heinz. We also dig into how to balance flexibil...
Launching Marketplace and Invent & Simplify with John Rossman
July 12, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBJohn Rossman joined Amazon in 2002 as Director of Merchant Integration where he led the launch of Amazon’s 3P marketplace business. John also went on to lead the e-commerce solutions business for enterprise clients such as Target.com and Toys R Us before leaving in late 2005 to advise many companies on innovation and digital strategy and write three books on applying Amazon’s principles and mechanisms in business. In our conversation, we discuss the foundational considerations and steps...
019: Launching Marketplace and Invent & Simplify with John Rossman
July 12, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBJohn Rossman joined Amazon in 2002 as Director of Merchant Integration where he led the launch of Amazon’s 3P marketplace business. John also went on to lead the e-commerce solutions business for enterprise clients such as Target.com and Toys R Us before leaving in late 2005 to advise many companies on innovation and digital strategy and write three books on applying Amazon’s principles and mechanisms in business. In our conversation, we discuss the foundational considerations and steps...
Applying Amazon’s innovation playbook across diverse businesses with Godwin Pavamani
July 05, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBGodwin spent 5 years at Amazon as a senior leader of product, retail and program teams. In each role, he led new innovations or launches for Amazon customers. Post Amazon, Godwin spent two years leading a business turnaround and is currently the co-founder at a real-estate tech startup where he continues to leverage the innovation processes he practiced at Amazon. In this episode, you’ll hear how Godwin uses customer focus and document writing to develop and refine new solutions for cus...
018: Applying Amazon’s innovation playbook across diverse businesses with Godwin Pavamani
July 05, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBGodwin spent 5 years at Amazon as a senior leader of product, retail and program teams. In each role, he led new innovations or launches for Amazon customers. Post Amazon, Godwin spent two years leading a business turnaround and is currently the co-founder at a real-estate tech startup where he continues to leverage the innovation processes he practiced at Amazon. In this episode, you’ll hear how Godwin uses customer focus and document writing to develop and refine new solutions for cus...
017: (Part 2) Developing the Best leaders and Hiring at scale with Dave Anderson
June 28, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 9.86 MBDave spent over 10 years at Amazon where he was a Technology Director prior to being asked to build the technology foundations for Bezos Academy. In Part 2 of our conversation, Dave shares his experience as a bar raiser and member of Amazon’s Bar Raiser Core team, a committee tasked with directing how Amazon’s bar raiser hiring program would operate and grow. In this segment of the conversation, Dave shares how Amazon thinks about managing both the quality and quantity of bar raisers to...
(Part 2) Developing the Best leaders and Hiring at scale with Dave Anderson
June 28, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 9.86 MBDave spent over 10 years at Amazon where he was a Technology Director prior to being asked to build the technology foundations for Bezos Academy. In Part 2 of our conversation, Dave shares his experience as a bar raiser and member of Amazon’s Bar Raiser Core team, a committee tasked with directing how Amazon’s bar raiser hiring program would operate and grow. In this segment of the conversation, Dave shares how Amazon thinks about managing both the quality and quantity of bar raisers to...
(Part 1) Developing the Best leaders and Hiring at scale with Dave Anderson
June 21, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBDave spent over 10 years at Amazon where he was a Technology Director prior to being asked to build the technology foundations for Bezos Academy. In Part 1 of our conversation, Dave shares his experience and advice on how to develop leaders and accelerate their learning and career development. During his years at Amazon, Dave coached, mentored, and promoted many Amazon leaders and was also promoted three times himself. Throughout the conversation, Dave shares insights, lessons learned, ...
016: (Part 1) Developing the Best leaders and Hiring at scale with Dave Anderson
June 21, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBDave spent over 10 years at Amazon where he was a Technology Director prior to being asked to build the technology foundations for Bezos Academy. In Part 1 of our conversation, Dave shares his experience and advice on how to develop leaders and accelerate their learning and career development. During his years at Amazon, Dave coached, mentored, and promoted many Amazon leaders and was also promoted three times himself. Throughout the conversation, Dave shares insights, lessons learned, ...
Working Backwards Q&A with Colin Bryar
June 14, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBColin spent 12 years on Amazon’s senior leadership team, including two years as “Chief of Staff” to Jeff Bezos. During this time, Colin had a front-row seat to the development and implementation of Amazon’s core operating principles and mechanisms, such as written memos, single-threaded teams, and the bar raiser program. In early 2021, Colin, along with fellow ex-Amazon VP Bill Carr, released the book “Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon.” In this epis...
015: Working Backwards Q&A with Colin Bryar
June 14, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBColin spent 12 years on Amazon’s senior leadership team, including two years as “Chief of Staff” to Jeff Bezos. During this time, Colin had a front-row seat to the development and implementation of Amazon’s core operating principles and mechanisms, such as written memos, single-threaded teams, and the bar raiser program. In early 2021, Colin, along with fellow ex-Amazon VP Bill Carr, released the book “Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon.” In this epis...
Have Backbone; Disagree & Commit with John Olsen
June 07, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBJohn Olsen spent 7 years at Amazon as VP of Kindle Human Resources and VP of HR for Worldwide Operations. During these years of rapid global expansion for Amazon, John had to rely on proven principles and models to help ensure teams were making strong decisions, avoiding bias, and committed behind key goals. Since leaving Amazon in 2019, John has helped companies and boards learn to have backbone, disagree and commit in his roles as an advisor and investor. During our conversation, John...
014: Have Backbone; Disagree & Commit with John Olsen
June 07, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBJohn Olsen spent 7 years at Amazon as VP of Kindle Human Resources and VP of HR for Worldwide Operations. During these years of rapid global expansion for Amazon, John had to rely on proven principles and models to help ensure teams were making strong decisions, avoiding bias, and committed behind key goals. Since leaving Amazon in 2019, John has helped companies and boards learn to have backbone, disagree and commit in his roles as an advisor and investor. During our conversation, John...
Creating an Ownership culture with Ethan Evans
May 31, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBEthan Evans spent over 15 years at Amazon where he held multiple VP roles across Appstore, Twitch, and Amazon Gaming. During this time, Ethan led teams of over 800 people, launched Prime Video and Twitch Prime programs, and has been issued more than 60 patents. During Ethan’s time at Amazon, he helped craft part of the Ownership leadership principle and witnessed the S-team and countless teams demonstrate Ownership and long-term thinking. In our interview, Ethan shares how leaders shoul...
013: Creating an Ownership culture with Ethan Evans
May 31, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBEthan Evans spent over 15 years at Amazon where he held multiple VP roles across Appstore, Twitch, and Amazon Gaming. During this time, Ethan led teams of over 800 people, launched Prime Video and Twitch Prime programs, and has been issued more than 60 patents. During Ethan’s time at Amazon, he helped craft part of the Ownership leadership principle and witnessed the S-team and countless teams demonstrate Ownership and long-term thinking. In our interview, Ethan shares how leaders shoul...
How Amazon leaders Dive Deep with Allon Katz
May 24, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBAllon spent nearly 7 years at Amazon, holding senior roles across both Amazon’s e-commerce retail category businesses and as Director of Prime Now. During these roles, Allon refined his ability to dive deep into a business and understand its critical levers, a skill he first acquired as a management consultant and now applies post-Amazon as he leads portfolio operations in private equity. In this episode, you’ll hear how leaders can continue to stay connected to the key details of their...
012: How Amazon leaders Dive Deep with Allon Katz
May 24, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBAllon spent nearly 7 years at Amazon, holding senior roles across both Amazon’s e-commerce retail category businesses and as Director of Prime Now. During these roles, Allon refined his ability to dive deep into a business and understand its critical levers, a skill he first acquired as a management consultant and now applies post-Amazon as he leads portfolio operations in private equity. In this episode, you’ll hear how leaders can continue to stay connected to the key details of their...
011: Customer Obsession in action with Kim Mathisen
May 17, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBKim spent 12 years at Amazon where she managed various retail functions across Books, Grocery, Outdoors, and Tools categories, ultimately serving as director and category leader over a multi-billion-dollar business. Over the years, Kim relied on a customer-first approach to quickly navigate new role transitions and grow successful category businesses. Kim now exercises her customer obsession as Chief Customer Officer at Microsoft where she has leveraged many of the practices picked up at Ama...
Customer Obsession in action with Kim Mathisen
May 17, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBKim spent 12 years at Amazon where she managed various retail functions across Books, Grocery, Outdoors, and Tools categories, ultimately serving as director and category leader over a multi-billion-dollar business. Over the years, Kim relied on a customer-first approach to quickly navigate new role transitions and grow successful category businesses. Kim now exercises her customer obsession as Chief Customer Officer at Microsoft where she has leveraged many of the practices picked up at Ama...
Vocally Self-critical leadership with Skyler Ramirez
May 10, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBSkyler spent 8 years at Amazon in retail and data engineering leadership roles, including forming a team within Amazon Hardlines to identify and drive process improvements at scale to deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in cost savings. Key to succeeding in these nascent and disruptive projects were the lessons Skyler learned that helped his team follow the Vocally Self-critical leadership principle. Whether you’re embarking on a new project, trying to earn trust with stakeholders, or c...
010: Vocally Self-critical leadership with Skyler Ramirez
May 10, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBSkyler spent 8 years at Amazon in retail and data engineering leadership roles, including forming a team within Amazon Hardlines to identify and drive process improvements at scale to deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in cost savings. Key to succeeding in these nascent and disruptive projects were the lessons Skyler learned that helped his team follow the Vocally Self-critical leadership principle. Whether you’re embarking on a new project, trying to earn trust with stakeholders, or c...
Invent & Simplify at scale with Maju Kuruvilla
May 03, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBMaju spent 8 years as Vice President for Amazon’s global logistics and fulfillment technology organizations. During his Amazon career, the scope of Maju’s role grew to oversee thousands of engineering, operations, and business employees across the globe. Earlier this year, Maju made the transition from Amazon to become CTO at Bolt, a startup that offers online one-click checkout technology to retailers. Listen in to hear Maju describe how he leads innovation across large global organizati...
009: Invent & Simplify at scale with Maju Kuruvilla
May 03, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBMaju spent 8 years as Vice President for Amazon’s global logistics and fulfillment technology organizations. During his Amazon career, the scope of Maju’s role grew to oversee thousands of engineering, operations, and business employees across the globe. Earlier this year, Maju made the transition from Amazon to become CTO at Bolt, a startup that offers online one-click checkout technology to retailers. Listen in to hear Maju describe how he leads innovation across large global organizati...
Hire & Develop the Best talent with Nick Dimitrov
April 26, 2021 12:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBNick spent over 5 years at Amazon where he co-founded Amazon Game Studios and led teams to grow Amazon’s partnerships with game developers. During this time, Nick also became an Amazon Bar Raiser, interviewing over 350 Amazon candidates and mentoring multiple bar raisers in training before leaving Amazon to educate job candidates and enterprise clients on Amazon’s hiring process through his company, Amazon Bound. Listen to Nick share his tips on attracting strong applicants and developing s...
008: Hire & Develop the Best talent with Nick Dimitrov
April 26, 2021 12:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBNick spent over 5 years at Amazon where he co-founded Amazon Game Studios and led teams to grow Amazon’s partnerships with game developers. During this time, Nick also became an Amazon Bar Raiser, interviewing over 350 Amazon candidates and mentoring multiple bar raisers in training before leaving Amazon to educate job candidates and enterprise clients on Amazon’s hiring process through his company, Amazon Bound. Listen to Nick share his tips on attracting strong applicants and developing s...
Having Bias for Action for smart business growth with Andrea Leigh
April 19, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBAndrea spent 10 years at Amazon where she led over 15 product categories, helped launch Amazon’s automated pricing system, and ran Amazon Prime for Amazon Canada. During this time, Andrea made and oversaw many decisions where speed was critical to grow nascent programs and delight customers. Since leaving Amazon in 2015, Andrea has consulted hundreds of manufacturers and helped grow an agency business while continuing to make quick, calculated decisions and learn from mistakes. In this ...
007: Having Bias for Action for smart business growth with Andrea Leigh
April 19, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBAndrea spent 10 years at Amazon where she led over 15 product categories, helped launch Amazon’s automated pricing system, and ran Amazon Prime for Amazon Canada. During this time, Andrea made and oversaw many decisions where speed was critical to grow nascent programs and delight customers. Since leaving Amazon in 2015, Andrea has consulted hundreds of manufacturers and helped grow an agency business while continuing to make quick, calculated decisions and learn from mistakes. In this ...
006: How to use Tenets and exercise the Are Right, A Lot principle with Dave Glick
April 12, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBDave Glick spent 20 years at Amazon as a VP responsible for building much of Amazon’s pricing, warehouse management systems, and fulfillment technology. As an early executive at Amazon, Dave played a major role in Amazon’s adoption of tenets and in how the Are Right, A Lot principle is practices at the company. In this episode, Dave shares the stories behind Amazon’s use of tenets and the focus on diverse perspectives in Amazon’s leadership principles. Dave also shares his personal best prac...
006: Tenets and the Are Right A Lot principle with Dave Glick
April 12, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBDave Glick spent 20 years at Amazon as a VP responsible for building much of Amazon’s pricing, warehouse management systems, and fulfillment technology. As an early executive at Amazon, Dave played a major role in Amazon’s adoption of tenets and in how the Are Right, A Lot principle is practices at the company. In this episode, Dave shares the stories behind Amazon’s use of tenets and the focus on diverse perspectives in Amazon’s leadership principles. Dave also shares his personal best prac...
Tenets and the Are Right A Lot principle with Dave Glick
April 12, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBDave Glick spent 20 years at Amazon as a VP responsible for building much of Amazon’s pricing, warehouse management systems, and fulfillment technology. As an early executive at Amazon, Dave played a major role in Amazon’s adoption of tenets and in how the Are Right, A Lot principle is practices at the company. In this episode, Dave shares the stories behind Amazon’s use of tenets and the focus on diverse perspectives in Amazon’s leadership principles. Dave also shares his personal best prac...
005: Improved decision making through narrative documents with Stefan Haney
April 05, 2021 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBStefan Haney is a 15-year Amazon veteran, where he led multiple product, data, and technical teams during formative years of the Amazon marketplace. In addition to participating in countless narrative document reviews with Amazon’s senior leadership team, Stefan brings experience as a former instructor of Amazon’s internal writing class. In this episode, Stefan shares why writing has become a critical exercise for improving thinking and efficient decision making at Amazon. You’ll hear Stefan...