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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

Steve Anderson spent his career in the insurance industry focused on risk and business growth. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). It is based on chapter 8 of Jim Collins book Good to Great. This allows the team to pursue creative strategies and to set its internal priorities.

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‘Tis the Season of Prophecies, Forecasts, and Predictions

The Practical Leader

‘Tis the season for futurists, forecasters, and analysts to line up with seers, fortune tellers, and prophets to earnestly foretell what 2013 has in store for us. He studied the dismal history — and huge multi-billion dollar industry — of forecasting (he calls it the second oldest profession).

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