Supply Chain Uncertainty

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The most consistent theme across the ceo and c i o lovel conversations that i have is a desire to look past the technology. I think so many of them now ar realizing that, while at the end of the day, the technology is incredibly important, it's really not an end unto itself. It's really a means to an end. And that end is transformation. Transforming how agile a company can be,. transforming how innovative they can be. A cultural transformation inside the company.

Amazon wants to get bigger, but with that scale comes great responsibility. So says Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon Web Services, the most profitable and fastest growing part of the tech giant. Selipsky, who also oversees Amazon’s climate change efforts, points to two additions to the company’s vaunted “Leadership Principles” as evidence of Amazon’s commitment. Arguing that AWS is still in early days, he shares what he’s hearing from other CEOs about their biggest concerns, why “carbon intensity” is the best measure of climate progress for businesses, and what Amazon's aspiration to be “Earth’s best employer” really means.

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