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Jeff Bezos: It is Harder to be Kind than Clever

by Pete Abilla August 19, 2010

Jeff Bezos gave a wonderful commencement  address to the Princeton University 2010 Baccalaureate class. In that speech, he shares some wisdom he learned from his grandfather that has stayed with him all throughout his life. Here’s that video, followed by the speech in text: “We are What We Choose” Remarks by Jeff Bezos, as delivered [...]

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Focus on the Inputs

by Pete Abilla August 17, 2010

In the April 2010 Letter to Shareholders, Jeff Bezos tells Amazon.com shareholders about their focus on inputs, the customer, and their purposeful lack of discussion around financial metrics: Senior leaders that are new to Amazon are often surprised by how little time we spend discussing actual financial results or debating projected financial outputs. To be [...]

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Lean Thinking and the Amazon Kindle

by Pete Abilla December 11, 2009

I receive emails from recruiters – frequently.  So, as a favor to them, I am posting a job for your interest: the hiring company is Amazon.com. Below is one job description and contact information, but if you go to the Amazon.com website, there are over 50 open positions looking for people with experience in Lean [...]

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Amazon and Zappos Sitting in a Tree

by Pete Abilla July 22, 2009

As most you know by now, Zappos has entered into a definitive agreement with Amazon.com and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.  This is exciting and, after speaking with my friends both at Amazon and at Zappos, they are all quite excited too.  Congratulations to Amazon, Zappos, Tony Hsieh, and Jeff Bezos 1  [...]

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The Source of Dirt

by Pete Abilla May 26, 2009

In Amazon’s 2008 letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos shares about a Kaizen event he participated in: At a fulfillment center recently, one of our Kaizen experts asked me, “I’m in favor of a clean fulfillment center, but why are you cleaning? Why don’t you eliminate the source of dirt?” I’ve spoken numerous times about Bezos [...]

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Lean & Six Sigma at Amazon.com

by Pete Abilla April 10, 2008

A friend of mine recently contacted me, seeking my advice on how to get a job at Amazon.com; my friend is a top-notch software engineer, manager, and an all-around good person and leader.  The job he is interested in is for a position as a software development manager in reverse-logistics at Amazon.com.  My friend qualifies [...]

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