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Always Day One

Book • 2020
In 'Always Day One,' Alex Kantrowitz explores the concept of 'Day One' as coined by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, which means continuously inventing and acting like a startup, even for large companies.

The book is based on 130 interviews with insiders, from top executives like Mark Zuckerberg to hourly workers, and delves into the cultures, technologies, and processes that enable these tech giants to maintain their dominance.

Kantrowitz emphasizes the importance of a 'Day One' mindset, where companies prioritize reinvention over tradition and collaboration over ownership, and how this approach helps them stay ahead of competitors and avoid the pitfalls of 'Day Two,' which Bezos describes as 'stasis, followed by irrelevance, followed by excruciating, painful decline, followed by death.

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Alex Kantrowitz
as the book he was writing while interviewing
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Nick Bostrom
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Alex Kantrowitz
when discussing the challenges faced by tech giants in reinventing themselves.
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Alex Kantrowitz
as his book about Amazon's reinvention.
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Alex Kantrowitz
as a book about how tech giants excel at corporate reinvention.
Responsibility Theater
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Alex Kantrowitz
as the basis for his first chapter on robotic process automation.
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Brian McCullough
when discussing the culture inside of Amazon.
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Alex Kantrowitz
as a book he wrote about Amazon.
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Alex Kantrowitz
in the podcast introduction as the book where he wrote about
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Maria Klawe
's experience at Microsoft.
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Don Graham
in the context of his book.
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Alex Kantrowitz
in the closing segment of the podcast.
Do We Need The Metaverse? — With Nick Clegg
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Leo Laporte
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Alex Kantrowitz
's book about Amazon.
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Alex Kantrowitz
when discussing the impact of Apple's tracking changes on Meta's revenue.
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Alex Kantrowitz
as a book he worked on edits with
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Carmel DeAmicis
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How Figma Caught Adobe By Surprise — With Carmel DeAmicis
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Alex Kantrowitz
as a book about tech giants, focusing on Amazon.
Amazon's Identity Crisis — With Todd Bishop
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Chris Williamson
as the topic of the podcast episode, exploring the success of major tech companies.
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Erik Brynjolfsson
in the context of discussing AI's impact on work.
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Brian McCullough
as an amazing breakdown of the cultural DNA of tech giants and a useful playbook to their success.
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Brian McCullough
as a weekend bonus episode, discussing the five big tech companies.
Fri. 04/10 – HUGE: Apple and Google Join Forces For Coronavirus Contact Tracing
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Kara Swisher
as the author of the book, discussing how tech titans stay on top.
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