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Working backwards : insights, stories, and secrets from inside Amazon / Colin Bryar and Bill Carr.

Bryar, Colin, (author.). Carr, Bill, 1967- (author.).

Summary:

"Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time, top-level Amazon executives.. In Working Backwards, these two long-serving Amazon executives reveal and codify the principles and practices that drive the success of one of the most extraordinary companies the world has ever known." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250267597
ISBN: 1250267595
ISBN: 9781250275714
ISBN: 1250275717
Physical Description: xviii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Building blocks : leadership principles and mechanisms -- Hiring : Amazon's unique bar raiser process -- Organizing : separable, single-threaded leadership -- Communicating : narratives and the six-pager -- Working backwards : start with the desired customer experience -- Metrics : manage your inputs, not your outputs -- Kindle -- Prime -- Prime Video -- AWS -- Conclusion: Being Amazonian beyond Amazon.