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What Jeff Bezos thinks about management

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Founder of Amazon in 1994 and of the space company Blue Origin in 2000.

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4 dated positions, 2023, in their own words. Our reading of what Jeff Bezos has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingDecisions split into reversible two-way doors and irreversible one-way doors, and only the one-way doors deserve slow, deliberate scrutiny.

    Their wordsIf you make the wrong decision, if it's a two-way door decision, you pick a door, you walk out and you spend a little time there. It turns out to be the wrong decision, you can come back in and pick another door. Some decisions are so consequential and so important and so hard to reverse that they really are one-way door decisions. You go in that door, you're not coming back. And those decisions have to be made very deliberately, very carefully.

    ↗Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405youtube.com 11th of 20 in this recording

  3. Our readingA company's culture should let the most junior person overrule the most senior one with data, which is why the senior person should always speak last.

    Their wordsYes, and that's true inside companies too. And so you want to set up your culture so that the most junior person can overrule the most senior person if they have data. And that really is about trying to... There are little things you can do. So for example, in every meeting that I attend, I always speak last.

    ↗Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405youtube.com 14th of 20 in this recording

  5. Our readingWhen the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right and the metric is usually measuring the wrong thing.

    Their wordsI have a saying, which is when the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right. And it doesn't mean you just slavishly go follow the anecdotes then. It means you go examine the data because it's usually not that the data is being miscollected, it's usually that you're not measuring the right thing.

    ↗Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405youtube.com 15th of 20 in this recording

  7. Our readingPowerPoint is a sales tool and therefore the wrong instrument inside a company, because internally you are trying to find the truth rather than persuade anyone.

    Their wordsBut one of the problems is PowerPoint is really designed to persuade. It's kind of a sales tool. And internally, the last thing you want to do is sell. Again, you're truth seeking. You're trying to find truth. And the other problem with PowerPoint is it's easy for the author and hard for the audience.

    ↗Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405youtube.com 19th of 20 in this recording