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Ethan Evans
Ethan is a former vice president at Amazon executive coach and course creator focused on helping leaders grow into Executives
1 episode · 1 sourced appearance
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Frameworks in these episodes
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Strategy4 steps
Breaking Through the Senior-Manager Choke Point
Two gates block senior promotion: can you do the job, and does the job exist.
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Leadership6 steps
Buying Life One Hour at a Time (Public Failure Recovery)
Own the failure, buy trust back one hour at a time, then get face-to-face.
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Innovation4 steps
Systematic Invention (Expertise + Scheduled Thinking + Recombination)
Be an expert, book two hours a month, and fuse two things that already exist.
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Communication3 steps
The Impact-Not-Activity Interview
Win interviews on presence and enthusiasm first, then on impact — never on how hard you worked.
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Leadership5 steps
The Magic Loop
A five-step, repeatable loop that converts helping your manager into leverage for your own goals.
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Resources in their episodes
- 1923
- Amazon
- Amazon Prime
- Amazon Web Services
- AngelList
- Apple
- Arcade
- Atlassian
- Carta
- ChatGPT
- Chuckit!
- Decisive
- Figma
- Fire Phone
- Kindle
- Leadership and Self-Deception
- Lenny's Podcast
- Maven
- Microsoft
- Notion
- Oracle Database
- PayPal
- Prime Video
- Quantum Metric
- Sidebar
- Sprig
- Starbucks
- Substack
- Tesla
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
- What Got You Here Won't Get You There
- Working Backwards
- Yellowstone
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