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Lenny's Podcast · June 20, 2024 · 65m
The Amazon leadership principles, decoded | Ian McAllister
Ian McAllister (former Amazon Director, Uber) decodes Amazon's 16 leadership principles. How 'Customer Obsession,' 'Disagree and Commit,' 'Bias for Action,' and 'Have Backbone' actually work in practice — and when they conflict.
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McAllister: Amazon's leadership principles are the most successful example of culture-as-environment-design. 16 principles, applied in hiring, performance reviews, and daily decisions, shape the behavior of 1.5 million employees without centralized management.
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McAllister: Amazon's 'Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit' principle makes disagreement officially safe. By encoding courage into the culture, Amazon makes pushback a learnable skill rather than a personality trait.
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