Inside Amazon: NYT article on how Amazon's culture innovates

[$tevie]

That's not a rebuke: the term "rebuke" is used by a blogger not associated with the Times. The article is by the Times' Public Editor, a position frequently called an ombudsman, which is a kind of iaison between the publication and the public. They address criticisms from the public, sometimes weighing in on the side of the publication and sometimes against it. The official or HR position of the paper is not reflected in what the Public Editor has to say about things.

[space-time]

Hell on Earth. Devil's name is Jeff.

[SteveG]

space-time wrote:
Hell on Earth. Devil's name is Jeff.

But he can deliver souls the next day!

[sekker]

Steve G. wrote:
[quote=space-time]
Hell on Earth. Devil's name is Jeff.

But he can deliver souls the next day! And soon - same day, by demon (er, drone!)

[space-time]

LOL

Sad but not too far from the truth.

[Lemon Drop]

An Amazon employee responds (and not anonymously, and not with the company's blessing)

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amazonian...ciubotariu

[Acer]

sekker wrote:
[quote=Acer]
Are Americans that lazy that they must be threatened with draconian merit regimes just to be trusted to offer up a good idea? How about just treating a professional as a professional who does the job they are paid to do the best they know how, not a cow that must be juiced with hormones for maximum output.

I work in a Fortune 500 business. My reputation is as an agitator, and that nothing is 'good enough' for me.

Guilty. As. Charged.

If I could carry a live, charged cattle prod to my formal committee meetings, I would. Without either MASSIVE outside competition or strong personal commitment by crazies like me, NOTHING would change.

I am amazed Amazon could put this together - and keep it up - at the scale of its business.

NO professional is SO GOOD that they cannot get better. NO workflow cannot be improved to be either better quality, lower risk, or better value (lower in cost could be the story, but not my personal main goal usually).
Good leadership is good leadership and should always be welcomed. Trying to replicate a good leader such as yourself with policy gimmicks is where I have problems.

[sekker]

Acer wrote:
[quote=sekker]
[quote=Acer]
Are Americans that lazy that they must be threatened with draconian merit regimes just to be trusted to offer up a good idea? How about just treating a professional as a professional who does the job they are paid to do the best they know how, not a cow that must be juiced with hormones for maximum output.

I work in a Fortune 500 business. My reputation is as an agitator, and that nothing is 'good enough' for me.

Guilty. As. Charged.

If I could carry a live, charged cattle prod to my formal committee meetings, I would. Without either MASSIVE outside competition or strong personal commitment by crazies like me, NOTHING would change.

I am amazed Amazon could put this together - and keep it up - at the scale of its business.

NO professional is SO GOOD that they cannot get better. NO workflow cannot be improved to be either better quality, lower risk, or better value (lower in cost could be the story, but not my personal main goal usually).
Good leadership is good leadership and should always be welcomed. Trying to replicate a good leader such as yourself with policy gimmicks is where I have problems.
Yep. I have a phrase that I'm using more and more - 'people are smart, institutions are stupid.' You need to establish a process where smart, informed people have the power to look at a problem from their perspective and make the RIGHT decision.

Allowing anything else is death of an institution in the long run.