Description
Product ID: | 9781529033847 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Working Backwards |
Subtitle: | Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon |
Authors: | Author: Bill Carr, Colin Bryar |
Page Count: | 304 |
Subjects: | Business strategy, Business strategy, E-commerce: business aspects, History of specific companies / corporate history, Information technology industries, E-commerce: business aspects, History of specific companies / corporate history, Internet & WWW industries |
Description: | Select Guide Rating An insider’s view of Amazon, perfect for leaders who want to succeed in 21st-century business. <p><b>‘Essential for any leader in any industry’ – Kim Scott, bestselling author of <i>Radical Candor</i></b><br><br><b><i>Working Backwards</i> gives an insider’s account of Amazon’s approach to culture, leadership and best practices from two long-time, top-level Amazon executives.</b><br><br>Colin Bryar and Bill Carr joined Amazon in the late 90s. Their time at the company covered a period of unmatched innovation that brought products and services – including Kindle, Amazon Prime, Amazon Echo and Alexa, and Amazon Web Services – to life. Through the story of these innovations they reveal the principles and practices that drive Amazon’s success.<br><br>Through their wealth of experience they offer unprecedented access to the ‘Amazon way’ as it was refined, articulated and proven to be repeatable, scalable and adaptable. <i>Working Backwards</i> shows how success is not achieved by the genius of any single leader, but rather through commitment to and execution of a set of well-defined, rigorously executed principles and practices that you can apply at your own company, no matter the size.<br><br><b>‘<i>Working Backwards</i> should be read by anyone interested in the real thing – the principles, processes and practices of twenty-first-century management and leadership’ – <i>Forbes</i><br><br>‘Gives us the story as it developed at the time – and that is probably worth the cover price of the book in itself’ – <i>Financial Times</i></b></p> |
Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-08-18 |