Big Bet Leadership Strategies at Amazon with John Rossman E165

John Rossman (ex Amazon executive) co-author of the book 'Big Bet Leadership' shares leadership strategies at Amazon.We explore the concept of Big Bet Leadership focusing on how to manage high-risk, high-reward business initiatives through creating clarity, maintaining velocity, and accelerating risk and value.Rossman shares insights from his time at Amazon, discusses the importance of leadership in complex transformational situations, and addresses common challenges in these scenarios.00:00 Introduction02:43 Defining Big Bets in Business05:31 Challenges and Risks of Big Bets10:00 Insights from Amazon's Playbook17:15 The Role of Culture in Leadership22:03 Critique of the Agile Methodology23:55 The Misuse of the Agile Methodology24:28 The Overplanning Paradox in Agile25:21 High Stakes Meetings: Continue, Kill, Pivot, or Confusion26:53 Structuring High Stakes Meetings28:45 The What Sucks Memo and Hypothesis30:01 Big Bet Vectors and Testing33:50 Applying Big Bet Leadership to AI36:14 Abolishing Ineffective Meetings38:24 The Power of Memos Over PowerPoint41:51 Final ThoughtsJohn Rossman: www.johnrossman.com⚡️ In each episode, Paddy Dhanda deep dives into a new human Superpower to help you thrive in the age of AI.Paddy Dhanda (Host)Paddy works at the largest Tech training organisation in the UK and is passionate about helping tech professionals build human skills to thrive in the age of AI.Contact Paddy: [email protected] to my newsletter:👉 Newsletter: https://www.superpowers.school/subscribe Get full access to Superpowers School at www.superpowers.school/subscribe