Working Backwards
Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Ratings16
Average rating3.9
The book is mostly a biography of the company itself with not a lot of universally applicable insights.
The most important ones are really general like:
- Customer orientation and thriving for excellence
- Writing Public Relations text and FAQ first before actually building anything for a new product (therefore the title of the book)
The book is mostly a biography of the company itself with not a lot of universally applicable insights.
The most important ones are really general like:
- Customer orientation and thriving for excellence
- Writing Public Relations text and FAQ first before actually building anything for a new product (therefore the title of the book)
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An interesting look behind the curtain of the business principles that took Amazon to the top. Enjoyable to live in a space where work is genuinely productive and smart, especially if that isn't typically true for your company.
Admittedly, the pacing and enjoyability of the chapters is a bit up-and-down, and the authors are quick to blow past the effects of Jeff's 'genius business impulses' - it genuinely seemed miserable to be an employee there half the time.
There's actionable lessons for any company, and an enjoyable read here for tech workers. Amazon should probably revisit the purity of their earlier years given the tank in quality their site has experienced over the past few years.
An interesting look behind the curtain of the business principles that took Amazon to the top. Enjoyable to live in a space where work is genuinely productive and smart, especially if that isn't typically true for your company.
Admittedly, the pacing and enjoyability of the chapters is a bit up-and-down, and the authors are quick to blow past the effects of Jeff's 'genius business impulses' - it genuinely seemed miserable to be an employee there half the time.
There's actionable lessons for any company, and an enjoyable read here for tech workers. Amazon should probably revisit the purity of their earlier years given the tank in quality their site has experienced over the past few years.
