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Bill Carr

bill joined Amazon just 5 years after it was founded stayed there for 15 years

1 episode · 1 sourced appearance

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“today my guest is Bill Carr bill is the co-author of the book working backwards”

Speaker: Lenny Rachitsky▶ Watch at ~0:30approx.

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Dissent is an obligation, not a right — and commitment only starts once you've been genuinely heard.

Stop managing the revenue number. Instrument the controllable customer-experience inputs that produce it.

Kill resource contention by giving one leader one mission and every function they need to deliver it.

Companies that say they tolerate failure but punish it in comp and career don't get innovation. Change the structure.

Put a trained, independent standard-keeper with veto power on every interview loop — and let them run the debrief.

Start every new product from the customer's problem, written as a press release, before any constraint enters the room.

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