503: Ex-Amazon Executive: How Leaders Win by ...

Porsche just announced workforce cuts because of dropping sales in China. Every board reads that as an operations problem. It isn't. It's a risk problem — and it's the wrong risk almost every board is looking at. Here's what nobody asks in the boardroom: once a strategy is succes ...  Show more

Michael has said, all other things being equal, there's only a 10% chance of this working. Porsche just announced 5,000 more job cuts ,on top of 3,900 already gone. That's 8,900 positions, 21% of the workforce. The headline story is China's collapsing sales. Topics: Porsche layof ...  Show more

Welcome to an interview with a seasoned business strategist and operator respected for his pivotal role in Amazon's early days, John Rossman. In John's book, Think Like Amazon, he provides 50 ½ answers drawn from his experience as an Amazon executive―and shows today's business le ...  Show more

John Rossman is the former Amazon Director of Enterprise Services who launched the Amazon Marketplace, the author of Think Like Amazon, an advisor to multiple companies including T-Mobile, and a member of various Boards of Advisors. With an impressive background of launching and ...  Show more

John Rossman is Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, where he specializes in innovative business models and organizational change, including internet of things (IoT). He is the bestselling author of The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles of the World’s Most Disruptive Compa ...  Show more

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 p ...