A Guide to Escaping a High-Operations Cycle
High-operations is a painful cost to a company, employees, and customers. This walks through the causes and resolution of high-operations cycles.
Why do the Amazon Leadership Principles Successfully Drive Behavior?
The Amazon Leadership Principles work to drive behaviors within Amazon. How do they do things differently than most other companies?
A Delegation Question — How Do I Not Overload My Team? Delegating Load Balancing.
An important part of delegation is delegating work load balancing.
Interviewing at Amazon — Leadership Principles
An all encompassing summary about how to pass the Amazon leadership behavioral set of interviews, and get a job at Amazon.
The Self-Driven Career - How to Grow Without an Awesome Manager
The steps to take to grow your skills and career without having an awesome manager to help out.
Feedback Is a Gift - The Art of Giving Solicited Advice
The Why and How to write peer feedback.
Opinion: Companies should eliminate bias in their compensation processes
Racism and sexism are a part of today's corporate compensation model. We need to do better.
A First Principles Anecdote - How I Avoided Burnout at Amazon
Burnout is a real risk at a fast paced company. This is about a time I saved myself from burnout by using first principles.
Human Leadership Principles - Respecting the Humans We Work With
Amazon and other companies are financial entities. They have core values and missions, but they're heartless in the end. People need to step up to provide empathy in the office.