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> Interesting that Amazon is as bureaucratic as it is. Isn't it Bezos himself that came up with the "multiple paths to yes" concept.

Are you referring to the "1 > 2, but 2 > 0" idea? That's compatible with the Amazon bureaucracy, which just requires finding a leader to sponsor the project even though it might end up redundant with another org's effort.

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I don’t think so but maybe. I recall watching a video once where Bezos states (accurately I would say) that in most companies any idea requires multiple people to say “yes” while startups only need one (the vc firm). His thesis is, this is why companies fail to innovate.

It is pretty obvious in some ways. Once a company has reached a certain level, there will be many status quo forces that emerge because hey, things are “good enough” for some.

Ah, gotcha, basically the proliferation of veto points as companies grow into corporations. In its idealized state, Amazon avoided that by giving autonomy to the deeper nodes (the famous Two-Pizza Teams).

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