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Big Bet Leadership Strategies at Amazon with John Rossman E165
John Rossman (ex Amazon executive) co-author of the book 'Big Bet Leadership' shares leadership strategies at Amazon. We explore the concept of Big Bet Leadership focusing on how to manage high-risk, high-reward business initiatives through creating clarity, maintaining velocity, and accelerating risk and value. Rossman shares insights from his time at Amazon, discusses the importance of leadership in complex transformational situations, and addresses common challenges in these scenarios. 00:00 Introduction 02:43 Defining Big Bets in Business 05:31 Challenges and Risks of Big Bets 10:00 Insights from Amazon's Playbook 17:15 The Role of Culture in Leadership 22:03 Critique of the Agile Methodology 23:55 The Misuse of the Agile Methodology 24:28 The Overplanning Paradox in Agile 25:21 High Stakes Meetings: Continue, Kill, Pivot, or Confusion 26:53 Structuring High Stakes Meetings 28:45 The What Sucks Memo and Hypothesis 30:01 Big Bet Vectors and Testing 33:50 Applying Big Bet Leadership to AI 36:14 Abolishing Ineffective Meetings 38:24 The Power of Memos Over PowerPoint 41:51 Final Thoughts John Rossman: www.johnrossman.com ⚡️ In each episode, Paddy Dhanda deep dives into a new human Superpower to help you thrive in the age of AI. Paddy Dhanda (Host) Paddy works at the largest Tech training organisation in the UK and is passionate about helping tech professionals build human skills to thrive in the age of AI. Contact Paddy: paddy@superpowers.school Subscribe to my newsletter: 👉 Newsletter: https://www.superpowers.school/subscribe Get full access to Product Powers at www.superpowers.school/subscribe
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