The It's a Monkey Podcast interviews technology thought leaders from all over the world and provides a weekly overview of the latest news from the tech economy.
Episode 98
Author of ‘The Amazon Way - 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World’s Most Disruptive Company’
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Podcast Hosts:
- Kevin Garber - CEO & Co-founder - ManageFlitter
- Kate Frappell - Design Lead - ManageFlitter
Guest Interview:
- John Rossman - Author of ‘The Amazon Way - 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World’s Most Disruptive Company’ and Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal. Prior to A&M, John was an executive at Amazon.com where he launched the third party selling platform and ran the merchant services business.
- The ideas behind his book: The Amazon Way - 14 Principles Behind the World’s Most Disruptive Company.
- What drives Amazon to succeed and discover new businesses.
- The Amazon & Google race to be the first to hit the $1000 share price.
- The benefits of platform businesses (like Amazon) that allow other businesses to innovate on top of their platform.
- Jeff Bezos’ long-term goals for Amazon.
- How Amazon started with ‘Door-Desks’ and why they still use them today as a visual reminder of frugality, the 10th Principle.
- What it’s like to work at Amazon.
- The techniques used at Amazon to achieve clarity and simplicity within the organisation.
- Amazon’s ‘Bar-Raiser’ method to finding and employing flexible, growth-oriented people.
This week in the Tech News:
- Fourth largest Bitcoin exchange 'Bithumb' gets hacked.
- A facial recognition system used to identify and punish jaywalkers is tested in Shanghai.
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