[HN Gopher] Jeff Bezos lessons on building business value ___________________________________________________________________ Jeff Bezos lessons on building business value Author : lockedinspace Score : 15 points Date : 2023-12-20 19:57 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (lockedinspace.com) (TXT) w3m dump (lockedinspace.com) | htmlisntoutdate wrote: | >As a company/team, you need to seek for ways/mechanisms that | enable your employees/folks to tell the truth. | | In my old company, we used to have team-seeking meets every week, | which consisted in a stand-up 10 mins per employee. It was quite | handy cause we learned to tell the truth in benefit of everyone | there. | flashgordon wrote: | Damn looks like you have some good lessons on how to do it | without (eventual) repurcussions? | TheAceOfHearts wrote: | Some of my notes on the same Lex interview: | | > Identify and recognize the difference between one-way doors | (reversing decisions here is difficult and expensive) or two-way | doors (you can make a choice and if it turns out to be wrong you | can go back and pick a different door with low risk). When | dealing with two-way doors it's fine and desirable to iterate | quickly. | | > When a decision has to be made, "disagree but commit". After a | discussion takes place, even if you disagree with some aspect, | you eventually commit to supporting whatever plan has been made. | | > Another key take away was that previous generations need to set | up the infrastructure that makes it possible for the next | generation to innovate. Jeff talks about how Amazon wouldn't have | been possible without existing mailing infrastructure and the | Internet. He says that he's hoping that his rocket company can | help set up the infrastructure necessary for humanity to continue | growing and expanding in space. | AtlasBarfed wrote: | 1) hate humanity. If you can't physically abuse them find as many | other ways to do it mentally | | 2) talk about free enterprise and competition but establish | monopolies. | | 3) say you value the customer but only do it if it leads to | profit or control. | csbartus wrote: | Stop bringing up Jeff Bezos / Amazon / Microsoft / etc. | | A few weeks ago I've ordered some books from Amazon USA to | Romania / EU. They said it will be delivered on 11th of Dec. | | At 11th of Dec I've received an email my package is in delay due | to bad weather. It will arrive on 18th, or I'll get a refund. | | At 18th I've received an email from Amazon, that in order to get | my package I need to "share some personal details" for a 3rd | party (Aramex). No refunds in the email. I did it, naively, and | no answer since that. | | Is this a business value? | | (Edited: added no refunds) | lockedinspace wrote: | Seems like your case is out of what Amazon preaches. Of course | not everything is perfect, I am just listing some interesting | points. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-12-20 23:00 UTC)