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Ditto! Same experience :D Realized you used "Ownership" in that comment? ;p

Not sure if you know, but "ownership" isn't a word or concept that Amazon invented. I'd like to add that Amazon isn't the first company to have leadership principles. From my experience, the only people that actually believe this crap are people that haven't been exposed to this sort of corporate propaganda in the past. Taking responsibility for a project, seeing it to completion, and following a standard is the right thing to do; not just an Amazonian thing to do.

From an ex-gf who worked in corporate culture, I did learn to see the other side of this. The benefits (when it's being done for honestly good purposes) are in standardization.

Both of language and in approach.

There's innumerable ways to get from A to B. If everyone knows that if someone says "Widgetification" then they mean X & that the standard way of accomplishing the task is Corporate Approach Y, then everyone can get back to work having saved time in communication.

So I think there's definitely an efficiency case to be made.

PS: I'm aware it's used for evil (anti-organized labor, preventing valid workplace lawsuits, covering management's ass, etc) at a lot of shops too.

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