Amazon ceo Jeff Bezos’s annual letter to shareholders focuses on particulars of his management philosophy more than anything, but it starts with his answer to a common question: “‘Jeff, what does Day 2 look like?'” “That’s a question I just got at our most recent all-hands meeting. I’ve been reminding people that it’s Day 1 for a couple of decades. I work in an Amazon building named Day 1, and when I moved buildings, I took the name with me. I spend time thinking about this topic. “Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed […]
