As I wrote in February, Jassy is a hard-driving leader who gets results in part by keeping close tabs on how things are going every week.
Bezos has said that he will stay on as Executive Chairman after Jassy takes over as CEO in the third quarter of 2021.
Growth comes from a company’s ability to win new customers and keep them buying.
To do that, a company must give its people a clear idea of the company’s mission and goals and empower people who are closest to its markets.
Along with these principles, Amazon approaches decision-making differently depending on the type of decision.
Amazon also invents mechanisms — such as Career Choice — for development of its people.
Moreover, once Amazon can get a seedling to sprout, it uses a flywheel to scale it into a significant new revenue line, explained Jeff Wilke, former head of Amazon Worldwide Consumer.