Are Leaders Right a Lot?

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Jost: I love the idea of operationalizing the invention machine as you guys are describing it. Some of those principles and processes at a high level, i quickly summarize, jost set contexts for our listeners. Think big bias for action, frugality. Earn trust, dive deep, have backbone, disagree and commit deliver results. They range from customer obsession, ownership, invent and simplify our right a lot for leaders. Learn and be curious. Insist on the highest standards.

In this episode from February 2021, early Amazon execs Colin Bryar and Bill Carr -- in conversation with a16z's Sonal Chokshi -- go beyond the well-known artifacts of Amazon innovation, like the memo and the press release, and share the leadership principles, decision making practices, and operational processes that helped Amazon continue to innovate, invent new products and learn from its mistakes, as it scaled.

It’s all based on their book, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon, drawing from the 27 years combined experience of being in the room where it happened at Amazon.