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Rapid Response: Amazon’s plan to be big, green, and beloved, w/AWS CEO Adam Selipsky

Rapid Response: Amazon’s plan to be big, green, and beloved, w/AWS CEO Adam Selipsky

FromMasters of Scale


Rapid Response: Amazon’s plan to be big, green, and beloved, w/AWS CEO Adam Selipsky

FromMasters of Scale

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Aug 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Amazon wants to get bigger, but with that scale comes great responsibility. So says Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon Web Services, the most profitable and fastest growing part of the tech giant. Selipsky, who also oversees Amazon’s climate change efforts, points to two additions to the company’s vaunted “Leadership Principles” as evidence of Amazon’s commitment. Arguing that AWS is still in early days, he shares what he’s hearing from other CEOs about their biggest concerns, why “carbon intensity” is the best measure of climate progress for businesses, and what Amazon's aspiration to be “Earth’s best employer” really means. Read a transcript of this interview at: mastersofscale.comSubscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter at http://eepurl.com/dlirtXSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Aug 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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